Unit 15- Vocab

Question 0

Dictate

Answer 0

1:v. “To speak aloud in order that one’s words may be copied or recorded”
(2) v. To give an order; to make necessary”
Syn: demand
Ant: allow

Question 1

Dic/dict

Answer 1

Latin
“To say, to order”
Words: dictate, malediction, benediction

Question 2

Malediction

Answer 2

Noun
“A recital of words intended to harm; a curse”
-dict

Question 3

Benediction

Answer 3

Noun
A blessing
-dict

Question 4

Loc/low

Answer 4

Latin
“To speak”
Words:locution, eloquent, colloquial

Question 5

Locution

Answer 5

Noun
Style or action of speaking
-loc

Question 6

Eloquent

Answer 6

Adj
Powerful and expensive 
-loqu
Syn: articulate
Ant: unclear

Question 7

Colloquial

Answer 7

“adj. Of or related to informal speech; conversational”
-colq
Syn: idiomatic

Question 8

Voca

Answer 8

Latin
To call
Words: evocative, equivocate, advocat

Question 9

Evocative

Answer 9

Adj
Calling forth a vivid image or impression
-voca
Syn: suggestive

Question 10

Equivocate

Answer 10

Verb
“To use misleading or confusing language”
-voca
Syn: evade

Question 11

Advocate

Answer 11

“1) v. To argue in favor of (ad´ və kət) (2) n. Someone who argues for”
-voca
Syn: supporter
Ant: enemy

Question 12

Clam/claim

Answer 12

Latin
To shout or call
Words: exclamatory, declaim, clamorous

Question 13

Exclamatory

Answer 13

Adj
“Having a forceful, excited, or emotional tone”
-clam

Question 14

Declaim

Answer 14

Verb
To speak loudly and with feeling
-clam

Question 15

Clamorous

Answer 15

Adj
“Characterized by a loud noise or outcry”
-clam
Syn: ear-splitting
Ant: quiet