| A | B |
|---|
| FATEOR | Latin "to speak," "to confess," "to admit" |
| DICO | Latin for "to say," "to tell" |
| GLOSSA | Greek for "tongue," "language" |
| affable | easy to speak to; approachable; polite, friendly |
| ineffable | beyond description; not to be uttered; taboo |
| dictatorial | domineering; autocratic |
| diction | choice of words in speech or writing; a person's manner of pronouncing words |
| dictum | an authoritative expression of an opinion |
| ditty | a simple song |
| edict | a decree or proclamation issued by an authority |
| indict | to issue a formal charge of a crime; to accuse |
| indite | to write; to compose |
| interdiction | a prohibition; the act of forbidding |
| jurisdiction | control and authority, especially to interpret and exercise the law; the specific area of someone's authority |
| malediction | a curse |
| valediction | a bidding farewell; a leave-taking; a farewell speech |
| gloss | an explanation of a difficult expression in a text; to explain away |
| polyglot | a person who knows several languages well |
