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English Word Root: mal
bad, wrong
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Word Samples
1
maladroit
a. showing lack of skill; clumsy or awkward
2
malady
n. disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition
3
malaise
n. general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness
4
malapropism
n. comic misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound
5
malcontent
n. a person dissatisfied with current conditions; a discontented person
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malediction
n. curse; evil-speaking; the utterance of curse or execration
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malefactor
n. criminal; one who does evil or injury to another
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malevolent
a. having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
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malfeasance
n. misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by public official
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malfunction
n. failure; breakdown; faulty or abnormal functioning
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malice
n. the enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another
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malicious
a. deliberately harmful; proceeding from extreme hatred
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malign
v. speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
14
malignant
a. injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
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malingerer
n. one who feigns illness to escape duty
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malnutrition
n. state of poor nutrition
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malodorous
a. foul-smelling; having bad or offensive odor
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maltreat
v. treat ill; abuse; treat roughly.
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