Root Words #1 (mal, gen)

5 Written Questions

1. the birth or origin of something
2. a person born with great intelligence
3. bad or harmful, producing death
4. elegant, graceful, as typical of one born to the upper class
5. desiring harm to someone or something else

5 Matching Questions

1. malpractice
2. generous
3. generation
4. malaria
5. progeny

1. a a group of people born around the same time
2. b the children born to a person
3. c very giving, as if born with plenty of money
4. d illness believed to be spread by bad air, actually spread by mosquitoes
5. e performing one's duty in a bad or wrong way

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. born in, growing naturally in a particular region
   1. generous
   2. indigenous
   3. genius
   4. malicious
2. bad speech; a curse
   1. malefactor
   2. malediction
   3. malicious
   4. malpractice
3. typical of the original, but not coming from the true source
   1. genesis
   2. generous
   3. gender
   4. generic
4. originating from the one true source
   1. geniune
   2. generic
   3. genteel
   4. genius
5. a bad health condition; a disease
   1. malignant
   2. malaria
   3. malefactor
   4. malady

5 True/False Questions

1. malevolent → having bad feelings toward someone or something; spite, hatred

   True        False

2. malodorous → bad-smelling

   True        False

3. gender → the sex a person is born, male or female

   True        False

4. malefactor → one who does wrong; a villain

   True        False

5. malapropism → illness believed to be spread by bad air, actually spread by mosquitoes

   True        False