Word Study Week #4 - Latin Root 'mal'

A person suffering from malnutrition is _____________.

• malevolent
• malice
• malignant
• malnourished

When something fails to operate normally, it ____________________.

• malfunctions
• has malice
• is malevolent
• is malignant

When something is _________________, it tends to produce death or deterioration.

• malevolent
• malpractice
• malnourished
• malignant

_______________ is a desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another.

• Malice
• Malevolent
• Malfunction
• Malignant

Someone who produces harm or evil is considered to be _______________.

• malpractice
• malevolent
• malice
• malnourished

Failure to exercise professional skill or duty - 

• malignant
• malfunction
• malpractice
• malice

Kidnapping comes from a ______________ spirit.

• malfunctioning
• malice
• malevolent
• malignant

After the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln declared the nation would not hold __________________.

• malice
• malpractice
• malfunction
• malignant

The engines misfired causing a ______________ on the space shuttle.

• malpractice
• malevolent
• malice
• malfunction

The cancer was benign, not ______________.

• malevolent
• malignant
• malice
• malpractice