AL Unit 4 Vocabulary Practice

a small sin or fault (n)

• peccadillo

• peccant

• malaise

• negate

having no flaws (adj)

• negligible

• peccant

• impeccable

• pejorative

violating a moral law; sinful (adj)

• peccant

• pejorative

• negligent

• malign

negative and critical; insulting (adj)

• malaise

• impeccable

• impair

• pejorative

to cause to diminish in strength, value, or quality (v)

• malinger

• impair

• malign

• negate

to speak of maliciously; to insult (v)

• malign

• malinger

• negate

• impair

to pretend to be sick in order to avoid something (v)

• impair

• negate

• malign

• malinger

a sense of unease; depression (n)

• pejorative

• malaise

• negligent

• peccadillo

not properly attentive (adj)

• impair

• malaise

• peccant

• negligent

unimportant; insignificant

• impeccable

• negligible

• negate

• pejorative