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Root Meanings
Mal Male
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Reading Words
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hand
What is Man or Manu?
100
The spelling of depressing; causing gloom or misery; causing bad feelings.
What is dismal?
100
Wrong doing or bad conduct by a public official.
What is malfeasance?
100
dismal broken up into syllables.
What is dis-mal?
100
When 2 things are compared using like or as.
What is simile?
200
to send
What is miss, mit?
200
The spelling of bad health; illness; sickness.
What is malady?
200
harmful; something bad enough that it could result in death when related to cancer.
What is malignant?
200
Malaria broken up into syllables.
What is ma-lar-I-a?
200
The message or life lesson the author wants to teach.
What is theme?
300
to break
What is rupt?
300
The spelling bad air; a disease usually spread by infected mosquitoes.
What is malaria?
300
Mischief evil intent; bad will.
What is malice
300
malfeasance broken up and labeled.
What is mal-fea-sance c - vp - o
300
The storm charged through the sky.
What is personification?
400
to carry
What is port?
400
The spelling of an evildoer; a person who does bad things?
What is malefactor?
400
The definition of malodorous.
What is bad smell; stinky
400
malodorous broken up and labeled.
What is mal-o-dor-ous c-o-rc-vp
400
An exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
500
to live, life
What is vit, viv?
500
The spelling of a word that describes a person or character who wishes bad things would happen to others.
What is malevolent?
500
The definition of malnourished.
What is having bad health or having poor nutrition?
500
malnourished broken up and labeled.
What is mal-nour-ished? c-vp-c
500
Several snakes slithered by.
What is alliteration?