Word Study Roots- spect and dict: Practice #1

Mrs. Mack does not like it when her students _____________ her comments and say "That's not true"!

• edict

• contradict

• dictator

• predict

What is written down as someone says it?

• dictation
• verdict
• edict
• dictionary

These __________ had total power over their countries:
Adolf Hitler. (German)
Saddam Hussein(Iraqi)

• edicts
• dictators
• indictments
• verdicts

The jury quickly agreed on a ______________ of not guilty, and the accused thief was set free.  

• dictator
• diction
• verdict
• indicator

What should you always show adults?

• spectators
• spectacles
• spectacular
• respect

While Dean enjoyed the ___________ of the students fighting, he was suspended for filming it. 

• spectacles
• spectacle
• circumspect
• perspective

I always _____________ my food before I consume it.

• inspect
• retrospect
• speculate

A person who watches something, such as a sporting event

• inspector
• spectator
• dictator
• elavator

To say what will happen before it occurs

• indictment
• predict
• edict
• diction

The word part, spec, means 

• speak
• see, look
• can or able
• capable of