Mal, Male Root Vocabulary

a word that describes a person or character who wishes bad things

would happen to others

• malevolent

• malefactor

• malignant

• malice

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

wrongdoing or bad conduct by a public official

• malady

• malfeasance

• malice

• malaria

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

bad smell

• dismal

• malady

• malodorous

• malnourished

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

mischief; evil intent; bad will

• malady

• malignant

• malaria

• malice

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

bad air; a disease usually spread by infected mosquitoes

• malaria

• malady

• malefactor

• dismal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

having bad health or having poor nutrition

• malignant

• malnourished

• malefactor

• malice

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

harmful; something bad enough that it could result in death when

related to cancer

• malfeasance

• malevolent

• malignant

• dismal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

depressing; causing gloom or misery; causing bad feelings

• malfeasance

• malaria

• malefactor

• dismal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

bad health; illness; sickness

• malady

• malaria

• malfeasance

• malignant

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

an evildoer; a person who does bad things

• malady

• malefactor

• malice

• malodorous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A