| Term | Definition |
|---|
| affable | adj. easy to speak to; approachable; polite; friendly |
| ineffable | adj. beyond description; indescribable; not to be uttered; taboo |
| dictatorial | adj. domineering; autocratic; like a dictator |
| diction | n. choice of words in speech or writing; a person's manner of uttering or pronouncing words |
| dictum | n. an authorative expression of opinion |
| ditty | n.a simple song |
| edict | n. a decree or proclamation issued by an authority |
| indict | v. to issue a formal charge of a crime; to accuse |
| indite | v. to write; to compose |
| interdiction | n. a prohibition; the act of forbidding |
| jurisdiction | n. control and authority, especially to interpret and exercise the law; the specific area of someone's or something's control or authority |
| malediction | n. a curse |
| valediction | n. a bidding farewell; a leave-taking; a farewell speech |
| gloss | n. an explanation of difficult expression in a text |
| polyglot | n. a person who knows several languages well |
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