Vocabulary With Classical Roots Chapters 7-8

affable

adj

easy to speak to; approachable; polite; friendly

ineffable

adj

indescribable

dictatorial

adj

domineering; autocratic, like a dictator

diction

n

1. choice of words in speech or writing

2. a person’s manner of uttering or pronouncing words

dictum

n

an authoritative expression of opinion

ditty

n

a simple song

edict

n

a decree or proclamation issued by an authority

indict

v

1. to issue a formal charge of a crime

2. to accuse

indite

v

to write; to compose

interdiction

n

a prohibition; the act of forbidding

jurisdiction

n

1. control and authority, especially to interpret and exercise the law

2. the specific area of someone’s or something’s control or authority

malediction

n

a curse

valediction

n

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

gloss

n

an explanation of a difficult expression in a text

v

to explain away

polyglot

n

a person who knows several languages well

acclamation

n

1. applause; enthusiastic approval

2. an oral vote, especially an enthusiastic vote of approval

clamor

n

a loud outcry, especially in protest

v

to insist or exclaim noisily

declaim

v

to speak loudly or passionately

forensic or forensics

adj

referring to legal proceedings or formal debate or rhetoric

n

the study or practice of formal debate

forum

n

1. the central square or marketplace of a Roman city

2. a public meeting or any situation for open discussion

lingo

n

unfamiliar language; a dialect or special jargon

lingua franca

n

a language used by people who do not speak a common language; usually combines aspects of different languages

linguist

n

1. a person who speaks several languages; a polyglot

2. a person who studies linguistics, the structure of human speech

circumlocution

n

1. the use of many words when few would do

2. evasive talk; roundabout expression

colloquium

n

a meeting for discussion, especially in an academic setting

locution

n

a word of expression; phraseology

loquacious

adj

very talkative

proverbial

adj

1. of or like a wise or witty folksaying

2. well-known; notorious; frequently spoken of

verbatim

adj

word for word; in exactly the same words

verbose

adj

wordy; using excessive words