VOCABULARY PAGE
GREEK AND LATIN ROOTS
-dic or -dict,
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1. abdicate: when monarchs or emperors give up their power
2. addict: someone who is psychologically dependent on a substance like alcohol
3. addiction: being dependent on something habit forming
4. contradict: to prove something negative or to show it to be false
5. contradiction: opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
6. dictate: issue commands or orders as in a boss dictates their objective to employees
7. dictator: a ruler who is unconstrained by laws
8. dictatorship: a form of government in which the ruler is unconstrained
9. diction: the manner in which something is expressed in words as in a letter or speech
10. dictionary: a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words and their definitions
11. edict: a formal or authoritative proclamation, as in a president's executive order
12. indicate: give evidence of
13. indict to accuse formally of a crime as in a lawyer accusing the defendant of a crime
14. indictment: an accusation or wrong doing and the physical piece of paper accusing someone of a crime
15. jurisdiction: the territory within which power can be exercised, as in the LAPD has jurisdiction here, but not
in Torrance
16. malediction: the act of calling down a curse that evokes evil, as in another word for a curse
17. predict: to tell in advance, as in someone who guesses the outcome of a game
118. valedictorian: the student with the best grades in a graduating class
18. verdict: the findings of a jury on issues submitted to it for decision
19. vindictive: disposed to seek revenge
2. addict: someone who is psychologically dependent on a substance like alcohol
3. addiction: being dependent on something habit forming
4. contradict: to prove something negative or to show it to be false
5. contradiction: opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
6. dictate: issue commands or orders as in a boss dictates their objective to employees
7. dictator: a ruler who is unconstrained by laws
8. dictatorship: a form of government in which the ruler is unconstrained
9. diction: the manner in which something is expressed in words as in a letter or speech
10. dictionary: a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words and their definitions
11. edict: a formal or authoritative proclamation, as in a president's executive order
12. indicate: give evidence of
13. indict to accuse formally of a crime as in a lawyer accusing the defendant of a crime
14. indictment: an accusation or wrong doing and the physical piece of paper accusing someone of a crime
15. jurisdiction: the territory within which power can be exercised, as in the LAPD has jurisdiction here, but not
in Torrance
16. malediction: the act of calling down a curse that evokes evil, as in another word for a curse
17. predict: to tell in advance, as in someone who guesses the outcome of a game
118. valedictorian: the student with the best grades in a graduating class
18. verdict: the findings of a jury on issues submitted to it for decision
19. vindictive: disposed to seek revenge