Lesson 7

Question 1

easy to speak to; approachable

Answer 1

affable

Question 2

beyond description; indescribable; not to be uttered

Answer 2

ineffable

Question 3

domineering; autocratic, like a dictator

Answer 3

dictatorial

Question 4

choice of words in a speech or writing; a person’s manner of uttering or pronouncing words

Answer 4

diction

Question 5

an authoritative expression of opinion

Answer 5

dictum

Question 6

a simple song

Answer 6

ditty

Question 7

a decree or proclamation issued by an authority

Answer 7

edict

Question 8

to issue a formal charge of a crime; to accuse

Answer 8

indict

Question 9

to write; to compose

Answer 9

indite

Question 10

a prohibition; the act of forbidding

Answer 10

interdiction

Question 11

control or authority, especially to exericise or interpret the law; the specific area of someone’s or something’s control or authority

Answer 11

jurisdiction

Question 12

a curse

Answer 12

malediction

Question 13

a bidding farewell; a leave-taking; a farewell speech

Answer 13

valediction

Question 14

an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

Answer 14

gloss

Question 15

a person who knows several languages well

Answer 15

polyglot