Unit 1 Latin and Greek Roots

a good or helpful result or effect

• benign

• benefit

• benevolent

• bona fide

kind and generous; organized to do good things for other people

• bona fide

• benefit

• benevolent

• benign

not causing harm or damage; mild, gentle, or pleasant

• benign

• benefit

• benevolent

• bona fide

real or genuine; made or done in an honest and sincere way

• benefit

• benign

• benevolent

• bona fide

a desire to cause harm to another person

• malign

• malice

• benevolent

• dysfunction

to say bad things about someone or something publicly; to criticize harshly or unfairly

• dysfunction

• malice

• malign

• bona fide

a person who is always or often unhappy or angry about something

• malcontent

• malfunction

• bona fide

• benefit

to fail to function or work properly

• malcontent

• malice

• dysfunction

• malfunction

the condition of having poor or unhealthy behaviors and attitudes within a group of people; the state of being unable to function in a normal way

• dysentery

• dysfunction

• malfunction

• benefit

a serious disease that causes severe diarrhea and a loss of blood

• dysentery

• malign

• malfunction

• dysfunction