Memory Game dict vocabulary wordsOnline version dict vocabulary words by Mrs. Funk to speak against; to say the opposite dictator the decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury to say what will happen before it occurs the manner in which something is expressed in words (written or spoken) indictment edict public words issued by an official that explain a law or command a leader who speaks & rules with total power predict contradict dictation verdict diction a reference book in which spoken or written words are defined a judge's ruling or statement formal words spoken or written by a jury that charge a person with a crime what is written down as someone says it dictum dictionary