Word Parts and Meanings: dict, graph, and co

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  1. contradict
    be in opposition to
    Meanwhile the White House finds itself trying to explain away old statements that are clearly contradicted by newly public facts.
  2. dictate
    determine, order, or control how something is done
    World Cup rules dictate that once a player has received two cautions in the qualifying campaign, he has an automatic one-match ban. BBC (Jun 18, 2013)
  3. dictator
    a ruler who is unconstrained by law
    The flamboyant Chavez was often caricatured here as “dictator” for having changed the law so that he might run for additional terms.
  4. verdict
    findings of a jury on issues submitted to it for decision
    The verdict in the racially charged case has stirred demonstrations across the country.
  5. biography
    an account of the series of events making up a person's life
    Hemingway loved his fishing boat more enduringly than any of his wives, so making it the focus of a biography is an inspired idea.
  6. cartography
    the making of maps and charts
    If maps were hung like paintings, cartography also produced a new genre of sculpture – the globe.
  7. graphic
    written or drawn or engraved
    With the shorts, Mr. Simons offered a number of multicolored cotton shirts or long sleeveless tops featuring various graphic elements.
  8. telegraph
    apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire
    India's last telegram will be sent on Sunday night as the country's state-run telegraph service shuts down.
  9. coauthor
    a writer who collaborates with others in writing something
    He is a coauthor of another new study, which modeled how fish larvae disperse through the ocean from a marine protected area in southern California.
  10. coeducational
    attended by members of both sexes
    Ms. Smith was the second woman to run the college and the first one to arrive there after it had become coeducational. New York Times (Sep 7, 2010)
  11. coexist
    occur at the same time or place
    Conservative Muslims and Western visitors have long coexisted peacefully on Zanzibar.
  12. co-worker
    an associate that one is employed with
    In work environments that see co-workers mingle and shoot the breeze around the water cooler, some real learning gets done. Forbes (Jun 24, 2013)
Created on Mon Aug 26 11:35:33 EDT 2013 (updated Fri Sep 06 12:30:44 EDT 2013)

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