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mal- quiz (Words on the Vine)

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

bad or harmful, producing death

a)

malevolent

b)

malady

c)

malodorous

d)

malignant

2.

performing one's duty in a bad or wrong way

a)

malicious

b)

malpractice

c)

malfactor

d)

malediction

3.

One who does wrong, a villian

a)

malediction

b)

malefactor

c)

malapropism

d)

malpractice

4.

bad speech; a curse

a)

malapropism

b)

malaria

c)

malefactor

d)

malediction

5.

a word used the wrong way; usually with humorous results

a)

malapropism

b)

malediction

c)

malefactor

d)

malignant

6.

a bad health condition; a disease

a)

malady

b)

malignant

c)

malapropism

d)

malaria

7.

having bad feelings toward someone or something; spite, hatred

a)

malevolent

b)

malodorous

c)

malignant

d)

malaria

8.

bad-smelling

a)

malaria

b)

malediction

c)

malodorous

d)

malpractice

9.

illness believed to be spread by bad air, actually spread by mosquitoes

a)

malady

b)

malaria

c)

malignant

d)

malevolent

10.

desiring harm to someone or someone else.

a)

malediction

b)

malefactor

c)

malicious

d)

malpractice

11.

Which two words are synonyms?

a)

malapropism and malevolent

b)

Malodorous and malaria

c)

malediction and malefactor

d)

malevolent and malicious

12.

Don't go to Dr. Duddly because he has been sued for ________________________________.

a)

malpractice

b)

malediction

c)

malefactor

d)

malodorous

13.

After opening the top of the trash can, Mya exclaimed, "This ____________________________ can needs a good air freshener!

a)

malignant

b)

malodorous

c)

malady

d)

malediction

14.

For many years, people didn't know what many diseases were, and they would say the cause of death was a ______________________________.

a)

malevolent

b)

malapropism

c)

malediction

d)

malady

15.

The _________________________ man harmed the unknowing stranger as they walked down the street.

a)

malodorous

b)

malicious

c)

malignant

d)

malady

16.

The _________________________ words coming out of the dictator's mouth spewed untruthful stories.

a)

malapropism

b)

malevolent

c)

malodorous

d)

malediction

17.

Mary asked to go to the "construction stand" for snacks at the baseball field.

This is an example of a __________________________.

a)

malapropism

b)

malediction

c)

malady

d)

malpractice

18.

The mosquitoes are what causes _____________________ to spread.

a)

malady

b)

malignant

c)

malpractice

d)

malaria

19.

Grover said, "Oh, Styx!" when something goes wrong in The Lightning Thief. This is an example of a ___________________________.

a)

maladiction

b)

malapropism

c)

malefactor

d)

malady

20.

Mom was relieved when she found out her tumor was benign, not _________________, and it meant she wasn't going to die.

a)

malodorous

b)

malignant

c)

malefactor

d)

malicious

21.

Maleficent in "Sleeping Beauty" is the _______________________ of the story.

a)

malefactor

b)

malapropism

c)

malevolent

d)

malaria