Bene Bon Mal Dys

benevolent

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

• (of information, measurements, statistics, etc.) correct in all details; exact

• Easily hurt or harmed physically or emotionally

• annoying; humiliating

benefit

• a good or helpful result or effect

• find (something) out for certain; make sure of

• 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

• a completely different line of thought or action

malice

• a desire to cause harm to another person

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

• 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

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

malign

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

• to fail to function or work properly

• carry out research or study into (a subject, typically one in a scientific or academic field) so as to discover facts or information

• To speed something along; hurry

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

The Latin root mal means:

• bad, wretched

• good, well

• badly, ill

The Latin root bene/bon means:

• bad, wretched

• good, well

• badly, ill

kind; good hearted

• benevolent

• benefit

What do the roots ben, bene, and bon mean

• bad
• good
• to break
• together

Which of the following is an example of what happens when two people are in a dysfunctional relationship?

• laughing

• doing everything together

• putting each other down constantly

• motivating each other