Greek and Latin Roots - Spec and Dict

To speak against something; to say the opposite

• contradict

• verdict

• dictum

• indictment

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Public words issued by an official that explain a law or command

• contradict

• verdict

• dictum

• edict

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

To say what will happen before it occurs

• contradict

• predict

• dictum

• edict

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is written as someone says it

• dictionary

• predict

• dictation

• edict

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

A reference book in which written or spoken words are defined

• dictionary

• predict

• dictation

• edict

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

A leader who speaks and rules with total power

• dictionary

• predict

• dictation

• dictator

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

A judge’s ruling or statement

• contradict

• predict

• dictum

• edict

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Formal words spoken or written by a jury that charge a person with a crime

• contradict

• verdict

• dictum

• indictment

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury

• dictionary

• verdict

• dictation

• edict

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

A manner in which something is expressed in words (written or spoken)

• dictionary

• predict

• dictation

• diction

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E