Write and Speak Roots

Question 1

(v) to speak or read something to a person who writes it down to decree

Answer 1

dictate

Question 2

(v) to say the opposite of something that someone else has said

Answer 2

contradict

Question 3

(n) an official order given by a person with power or by a government

Answer 3

edict

Question 4

(n) a persons life story written by that person

Answer 4

autobiography

Question 5

(n) a message sent by telegraph and then delivered in written or printed form

Answer 5

telegram

Question 6

(n) the art of making beautiful handwriting

Answer 6

calligraphy

Question 7

(adj) shown or described in a very clear way, used especially to refer to things that are unpleasant or shocking

Answer 7

graphic

Question 8

(n) words that are written on or cut into a surface

Answer 8

inscription

Question 9

(n) a written, printed, or typed copy of words that have been spoken

Answer 9

transcript

Question 10

(n) a written message from a doctor that officially tells a patient what medicine to take.

Answer 10

prescription