CLASSICAL ROOTS Lesson 3: speaking

roots• VOC <L. to call, voice• DICT <L. word, voice, to speak

avocation• A pastime or hobby; a profession

practiced with enjoyment

vocalist• singer

vocal• Connected with speaking or with

the voice• Expressing one’s ideas firmly and

often; outspoken

vocation• A job; a calling or an inclination

toward a type of work or service

Practice!• Which word means “a job”?

avocation? vocation? vocal?

(vocation)

Practice!• Which word means “a calling or

inclination toward a type of work”?

avocation? vocation? vocal?

(vocation)

Practice!• Which word means “a pastime

or hobby”?

avocation? vocation? vocal?

(avocation)

Practice!• Which word means “ connected

with the voice”?

avocation? vocation? vocal?

(vocal)

roots• VOC <L. to call, voice• DICT <L. word, voice, to speak

addictive• Habit-forming; hard to break

away from; easy to say “yes” to

contradict• To speak against; to say the

opposite of

dictation• The act of saying words for

someone else to write down

dictator• A person who commands and

rules with total authority

predict• To say what will happen in the

future, often using reason or experience

verdict• The words of decision from a

jury

Practice!• Which word means “ a person who

commands and rules with total authority”?

dictation? verdict? dictator?

(dictator)

Practice!• Which word means “ easy to say

yes to”?

dictation? contradict? addictive?

(addictive)

Practice!• Which word means “ the words

of decision”?

verdict? contradict? dictation?

(verdict)

Practice!• Which word means “habit

forming”?

dictation? contradict? addictive?

(addictive)

Practice!• Which word means “ to speak

againsst”?

dictation? contradict? addictive?

(contradict)

Practice!• Which word means “saying words

for someone else to write down”?

dictation? contradict? addictive?

(dictation)

Challenge!• It was hard for the jury to reach

the ____________.

(verdict)

Challenge!• He felt that his duty to work as a

preacher was not only a job, it was his ____________.

(vocation)

Challenge!• Most people don’t believe that

caffeine is ______________. Do you?

(addictive)

Challenge!• What did the audience

__________ would happen at the end of the movie?

(predict)

Challenge!• We had to listen carefully for the

teacher’s _____________during the spelling test because she would not repeat.

(dictation)

Challenge!• My brother is the ____________of

our house! My parents always listen to him and do what he wants.

(dictator)

Challenge!• Nurses, social workers, and teachers

often feel their jobs are their ______________; they like to give their service and enjoy their work.

(avocations)

Challenge!• It was hard for the jury to reach

the ____________.

(verdict)

Challenge!• My favorite __________is

reading.

(avocation)

Challenge!• American Idol is a competition

between _____________.

(vocalists)

Challenge!• My boss told us not to be afraid

to be ___________because he wanted to know how we all felt.

(vocal)

Challenge!• It isn’t just a job for them…it’s

their ____________.

(vocation)

Challenge!• Playing golf on the weekend is

his _____________.

(avocation)