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CR7 - speaking
10th grade CR lesson 7
Question | Answer |
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FATEOR, FARI, FASSUM | Latin "to speak," "to confess," "to admit" |
affable | easy to speak to; approachable; polite; friendly |
ineffable | 1. beyond description; indescribable 2. not to be uttered; taboo |
DICO, DICERE, DIXI, DICTUM | Latin "to say," "to tell" |
dictatorial | domineering; autocratic, like a dictator |
diction | 1. choice of words in speech or witing 2. a person's manner of uttering or pronouncing words |
dictum | an authoritative expression of opinion |
ditty | a simple song |
edict | a decree or proclamination issued by an authority |
indict | 1. (legal) to issue a formal charge of crime 2. to accuse |
indite | to write; to compose |
interdiction | a prohibition; the act of forbidding |
jurisdiction | 1. control and authority, especially to interpret and exercise the law 2. the specific area of someone's or something's control or authority |
malediction | a curse |
valediction | a bidding farewell; a leave-taking; a farewell speech |
GLOSSA, GLOTTA | Greek "tongue," "language" |
gloss | 1. an explination of a difficult expression in a text 2. to explain away |
polyglot | a person who knows several languagea as well |