Root Words #1 (mal, gen)
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mrsnishimi on January 5, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 malevolent | having bad feelings toward someone or something; spite, hatred |
| malapropism | a word used the wrong way; usually with humorous results |
| malicious | desiring harm to someone or something else |
| malodorous | bad-smelling |
| malady | a bad health condition; a disease |
| malaria | illness believed to be spread by bad air, actually spread by mosquitoes |
| malediction | bad speech; a curse |
| malefactor | one who does wrong; a villain |
| malignant | bad or harmful, producing death |
| malpractice | performing one's duty in a bad or wrong way |
| progeny | the children born to a person |
| generous | very giving, as if born with plenty of money |
| genius | a person born with great intelligence |
| gender | the sex a person is born, male or female |
| genteel | elegant, graceful, as typical of one born to the upper class |
| generic | typical of the original, but not coming from the true source |
| generation | a group of people born around the same time |
| genesis | the birth or origin of something |
| geniune | originating from the one true source |
| indigenous | born in, growing naturally in a particular region |
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