DICT- To Speak Flashcards

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Addict

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To speak to or to sentence oneself; to give oneself habitually or compulsively to something

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Abdicate

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To proclaim away; to renounce formally a throne or high office

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Contradict

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To speak against; to assert the opposite of what someone has said

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Dictate

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To speak or to read something aloud, to be recorded by another; to give (speak) orders/commands

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Dictator

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Speaking/acting in a domineering or oppressive way

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Diction

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Choice of words in speaking/writing; also enunciation in speaking or singing

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Dictionary

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Book containing the words of a (spoken) lamguage

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Edict

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Speaking out; an official decree

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Jurisdiction

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The right to interpret (speak) and apply the law; legal power to hear and decide cases; the extent of such judicial or other authority

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Predict

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To speak beforehand; to foretell

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Valedictorian

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A student, usually of the highest scholastic standing, who gives the farewell speech of commencement

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