| A | B |
|---|
| to speak | DICT |
| farewell | VALE |
| addict | to speak to or to sentence oneself; to give oneself habitually or compulsively to something |
| contradict | to speak against |
| dictate | to speak or read something aloud to be recorded by another |
| dictator | one whose speech is to be taken as the final word |
| dictatorial | speaking and acting in a domineering or oppressive way |
| diction | choice of words in speaking or writing |
| dictionary | a book containing the words of a (spoken) language |
| dictum | a formal and authoritative statement (speech) |
| edict | a speaking out; an official decree |
| jurisdiction | the right to interpret (speak) and apply the law |
| predict | to speak beforehand; to foretell |
| valedictorian | a student, usually of highest scholastic standing, who gives the farwell speech at commencement |
| away | AB |
| to | AD |
| against | CONTRA |
| out | E |
| law | JURIS |
| before | PRE |
| abdicate | to proclaim away; to renounce formally a throne or high office |
