"Speaking" -- voc and dict
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| avocation | a pastime or a hobby, a profession practiced with enjoyment | ||||
| vocal | connected with speaking or the voice | ||||
| vocal | expressing one's ideas firmly and often; outspoken | ||||
| vocalist | singer | ||||
| vocation | a job; a calling or inclination towards a certain type of work | ||||
| voc | Latin root meaning "to call" | ||||
| dict | Latin root meaning "to say, to speak" | ||||
| addictive | habit-forming; hard to say no to | ||||
| contradict | to speak against, to say the opposite of | ||||
| dictation | the act of saying words for someone else to write down | ||||
| dictator | a person who commands or rules with total authority | ||||
| predict | to say what will happen in the future, often using reason or experience | ||||
| verdict | the decision of a jury |
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Created by:
mrsc5a
on 2009-07-07