Vocab Unit 15 English 2 Honors

dictate

1. to speak aloud in order that one’s words may be copied or recorded

2. to give an order; make necessary

malediction

a recital of words intended to harm; a curse

benediction

a blessing

dic, dict

to say; to order

loc, loqu

to speak

locution

a style or action of speaking

eloquent

powerful and expressive

colloquial

of or related to informal speech; conversational

voca

to call

evocative

calling forth a vivid image or impression

equivocate

to use misleading or confusing language

advocate

1. to argue in favor of

2. someone who argues for

clam, claim

to shout or call

exclamatory

having a forceful, excited, or emotional tone

declaim

to speak loudly and with feeling

declaim

to speak loudly and with feeling

clamorous

characterized by a loud noise or outcry