3MS 6 Flashcards
dictatorial, facsimile, mortified, epigraph (8 cards)
1
Q
What word means having or showing the tendency to tell people what to do in the manner of a dictator?
A
dictatorial
2
Q
What word means an exact copy, especially of written or printed material?
A
facsimile
3
Q
What word means to feel intensely embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated–as if “embarrassed to death”?
A
mortified
4
Q
What word means a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme?
A
epigraph
5
Q
What does the root word DICT mean?
A
to speak
6
Q
What does the root word FAC/FACT mean?
A
make, do
7
Q
What does the root word MORT mean?
A
death
8
Q
What does the root word GRAPH mean?
A
write
