Week 6 Vocabulary

to speak against; to say the opposite

• dictation

• contradict

• edict

• indictment

what is written as someone says it

• contradict

• edict

• dictation

• dictator

a leader who speaks and rules with total power

• dictator

• edict

• verdict

• dictation

the manner in which something is expressed in a words (written or spoken)

• diction

• contradict

• edict

• indictment

a reference book in which spoken or written words are defined

• dictionary

• edict

• predict

• contradict

a judge's ruling or statement

• dictum

• dictionary

• edict

• indictment

public words issued by an official that explain a law or command

• edict

• indictment

• verdict

• dictum

formal words spoken or written by a jury that charge a person with a crime

• indictment

• verdict

• predict

• dictum

to say what will happen before it occurs

• predict

• verdict

• diction

• dictation

the decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury

• verdict

• contradict

• edict

• indictment