Greek and Latin Roots 5

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to speak or read something to a person who writes it down; to decree

• edict

• dictate

• contradict

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• edict

• the art of making beautiful handwriting

• calligraphy

• a message sent by telegraph and then delivered in written form.

• autobiography

• an official order given by a person with power or by a government.

• telegram

• a person's life story written by that person.

• contradict

• to say the opposite of something that someone else has said

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shown or described in a very clear way, used especially to refer to things that are unpleasant or shocking.

• graphic

• inscription

• prescription

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words that are written on or cut into a surface

• calligraphy

• edict

• inscription

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a written, printed, or typed copy of words that have been spoken

• dictate

• transcript

• inscription

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a written message from a doctor that officially tells a patient what medicine to take.

• medicine

• graphic

• prescription