'DICT' Vocab

Question 0

Addict

Answer 0

To speak to or to sentence oneself; to give oneself habitually or compulsively to something

Question 1

Abdicate

Answer 1

To proclaim away; to renounce formally a thrown or high office

Question 2

Contradict

Answer 2

To speak against; to assert the opposite of what someone has said

Question 3

Dictate

Answer 3

To speak or read something aloud to be recorded by another; to give orders or commands

Question 4

Dictator

Answer 4

One whose speech is to be taken as the final word; one who orders others around; tyrannical ruler

Question 5

Dictatorial

Answer 5

Speaking and acting in a domineering or oppressive way

Question 6

Diction

Answer 6

Choice of words in speaking or writing

Question 7

Dictionary

Answer 7

A book containing the words of a spoken language

Question 8

Edict

Answer 8

Speaking out; an official decree

Question 9

Jurisdiction

Answer 9

The right to interpret and apply the law; legal power to hear and decide cases the extent of such judicial or other authority

Question 10

Predict

Answer 10

To speak beforehand; to foretell

Question 11

Valedictorian

Answer 11

A student, usually of the highest scholastically standing, who gives the farewell speech at a commencement