Lesson 26 Spelling Test

adj. very bad or poor; showing or causing unhappiness or sad feelings. The atmosphere in the church during the funeral was _____.

• dismal
• dissmal
• dismall
• dizmal

v. to fail to function or work properly. When a store’s point-of-sale equipment ___________s, no customers can be checked out.

• malfunction
• malfunktion
• mallfunction
• malfunkshun

n. a desire to cause harm to others. The prosecutor had to prove that the crime was committed with __________.

• malice
• mallice
• malise
• maliss

adj. very serious and dangerous; tending or likely to grow and spread in a rapid and uncontrolled way that can cause death; cancerous. A biopsy can determine if a tumor is _________ and needs treatment.

• malignant
• mallignant
• malignante
• maliginant

v. provide with insufficient quality or quantity of food or nourishment. Sometimes an animal will _________ its young.

• malnourish
• mallnourish
• malnorish
• maalnourish

adj. done in accordance with rules of convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting an official or important situation or occasion. Many weddings are rather _______.

• formal
• formall
• foremall
• formoll

adj. relating to heat. I think I will pack my ______ rain-coat for my trip to Iceland.

• thermal
• thermall
• thirmal
• therrmal

n. to become involved in the activities and concerns of other people when your involvement is not wanted; to stop or slow something or to make something more difficult. My brother wants to constantly _________ with my life!

• interfere
• interfear
• interfeer
• intirfere

n. used or accepted for a limited time; not permanent. Since the mayor resigned, an _______ mayor will have to take over until a new mayor can be elected.

• interim
• interm
• interem
• enterim

adj. relating to or connecting different states; existing or occurring between states, especially in the US. The committee discussed ways to increase ________ commerce.

• interstate
• enterstate
• interstait
• interstat