Chapter 15

Question 1

Dic/ Dict

Answer 1

Latin: to say, to order

Dictate, male diction, benediction

Question 2

Dictate

Answer 2

V: to speak aloud in order that one’s words may be copied or recorded.
V. To give on order; to order make necessary
Root: dic
Syn: demand
Ant: allow

Question 3

Medication

Answer 3

N: a recital of words intended to harm; a cruse
Root: dict

Question 4

Benediction

Answer 4

N: a blessing
Root: dict

Question 5

Loc/ loqu

Answer 5

Latin: to speak

Locution, eloquent, colloquial

Question 6

Locution

Answer 6

N: style or action at speaking
Root: loc

Question 7

Eloquent

Answer 7

Adj: powerful and expressive
Root: loqu
Syn: articulate
Ant: unclear

Question 8

Colloquial

Answer 8

Adj: of or related to informal speech
Root: logu
Syn: idiomatic

Question 9

Voca

Answer 9

Latin: to call

Evocation, equivocate, advocate

Question 10

Evocative

Answer 10

Adj: calling forth a vivid image or
Root: Voca
Syn: impression
Syn: suggestive

Question 11

Equivocate

Answer 11

V: to use misleading or contusions language
Root: Voca

Question 12

Advocate

Answer 12

V: to argue in favor of 
N: some who argue 
Root: Voca 
Syn: supporter
Ant: enemy

Question 13

Clam/ claim

Answer 13

Latin: to shout, to call

Exclamation, declaim, clamorous

Question 14

Exclamation

Answer 14

Adj: having a forceful, excited, or emotional tone
Root: clam

Question 15

Declaim

Answer 15

V: to speak loudly and with feeling
Root: claim

Question 16

Clamorous

Answer 16

Adj: characterized by a loud noise or outcry
Root: clam
Syn: ear- splitting
Ant: quiet