Dys/Mal Vocabulary Definitions

a body part or organ that is incomplete or not working properly

• dysfunctional

• dysfunction

• dystopian

• dismal

not working anymore

• dysfunction

• dysfunctional

• malicious

• malice

when someone as difficulty in recognizing and understanding words that are written down

• malaria

• malice

• dismal

• dyslexia

an imagined society or state where there is great suffering and injustice

• dyfunctional

• maladjusted

• dystopian

• dismal

to be filled with sadness and gloom

• dismal

• malice

• malaria

• malicious

purposely harming someone or something

• malicious

• malice

• dismal

• dystopian

having the wish or need to harm someone or something

• dismal

• malaria

• malice

• malicious

to not be adequately nourished (fed)

• dyslexia

• malice

• malnourished

• maladjusted

to not be appropriately adjusted to a new environment

• maladjusted

• malnourished

• malice

• dismal

a disease caused by mosquitos that is very serious

• malice

• malnourished

• dismal

• malaria