CLASSICAL ROOTS Lesson 3: speaking. roots VOC
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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)