Root Words - bene/bon, mal, dys

Someone who is kind and generous; organized to do good things for other people.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The Greek root dys means:

• bad, wretched

• good, well

• badly, ill

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Benign means:

• kindly

• useless

• depressing

• recent

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Bona fide means:

• outstanding

• supplementary

• authentic

• good life

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

If someone feels ____ toward you, look out! They've got bad intentions.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

In countries with poor health conditions and sewage problems, filthy drinking water can lead to the spread of ______.

• dysentery

• dystopia

• dysfunction

• discretion

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4C

A _____ is someone who's always dissatisfied.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Malice means:

• delight

• despair

• spitefulness

• apathy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The Latin root mal means:

• bad, wretched

• good, well

• badly, ill

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

There was no ____ smile upon Dumbledore’s face, no twinkle of kindness and friendship in the eyes behind the spectacles.

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CCSS.L.3.2F