Week 6 Word Study Words What does the

Week 6 Word Study Words What does the root word MAL mean?

Root Word MAL- BAD Word Study Words malevolent malaria malapropism malediction malicious malefactor malodorous malignant malady malpractice

malevolent (adj. ) Definition: Having bad feelings toward someone or something, spite, hatred Sentence: All of my failures in life made me malevolent towards those who were successful.

malapropism (noun) Definition: A word used in the wrong way, usually with humorous results. . He had to use a fire distinguisher. Dad says the monster is just a pigment of my imagination. Isn't that an expensive pendulum round that man's neck? Good punctuation means not to be late. He's a wolf in cheap clothing. "Don't" is a contraption.

malicious (adj. ) Definition: Desiring harm to someone or something else. Sentence: It was really malicious of her to go behind Cory’s back and tell everyone her business.

malodorous (adj. ) Definition: Smelling bad Sentence: There is a malodorous swamp behind my house that always smells like wet feet.

malady (noun) Definition: A bad health condition, a disease Sentence: An adult malady is kidney stones, which is very painful.

malaria (noun) Definition: illness believed to be spread by bad air, actually spread mosquitoes. Sentence: When malaria struck my town, the schools were closed and everyone had to stay inside so they didn’t get bitten by a mosquito.

malediction (noun) Definition: Bad speech; A curse Sentence: The malediction of Snow White could only be removed by the kiss of a prince.

malefactor (noun) Definition: A person who breaks the law; a villain Sentence: The malefactor spent two years in jail for robbing a bank.

malignant (adj. ) Definition: Bad or harmful; causing death Sentence: Many people survive having malignant tumors because of all of the technology and medicine we now have.

malpractice (noun) Definition: Performing one’s duty in a bad or wrong way Sentence: We filed a malpractice suit against the doctor when it was found that tools were left in my mom’s lungs.

classify (verb) Definition: to arrange in categories by shared qualities or characteristics Sentence: In language arts, we classify words by parts of speech, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

differentiate (verb) Definition: to recognize what makes something or someone different Sentence: When studying irony in Dunk, we differentiate between verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony.