ENSK3DD05: BENE and MAL

Question 1

benefit

Answer 1

something that is good or helpful

Question 2

benediction

Answer 2

a blessing, f.i. what the minister says at the end of the church service

Question 3

benign

Answer 3

not causing any harm or hurt

Question 4

benefactor

Answer 4

someone who gives help, especially giving money to a group or a person

Question 5

beneficial

Answer 5

making things good or better, i.e. the rain is beneficial for the flowers in my garden.

Question 6

benevolent

Answer 6

tending to be kind or good

Question 7

beneficent

Answer 7

showing charity or doing good

Question 8

beneficiary

Answer 8

someone who receives something good, such as inheriting money or things.

Question 9

malnutrition

Answer 9

poor nutrition, i.e. the children in Ghana suffer from malnutrition

Question 10

malady

Answer 10

a sickness or disease

Question 11

malodorous

Answer 11

having a bad smell; highly improper

Question 12

malpractice

Answer 12

medical treatment that harms the patient because the doctor did sth wrong

Question 13

malice

Answer 13

a feeling of wanting to hurt someone on purpose

Question 14

malevolent

Answer 14

wishing harm or evil to others

Question 15

malefactor

Answer 15

person who does harm, i.e. Voldemort

Question 16

malicious

Answer 16

spiteful and mean on purpose, i.e. Dudley Dursley

Question 17

malign

Answer 17

to say bad or unfair things about someone or something, i.e. she maligned other people to make herself look better

Question 18

malignant

Answer 18

causing harm or damage, i.e. she has a malignant tumour in her brain

Question 19

malediction

Answer 19

a curse on someone or something

Question 20

malinger

Answer 20

to pretend to be sick so you don’t have to work

Question 21

malapropos

Answer 21

not appropriate, especially in a social setting, i.e. belching in public is very malapropos.

Question 22

malapropism

Answer 22

saying something a little bit wrong and have it come out funny too, i.e. Mr. Spooner said “my queer old dean” instead of “my dear old queen”

Question 23

mal de mer

Answer 23

“bad from the ocean”, seasickness

Question 24

maladroit

Answer 24

having bad coordination, clumsy, i.e. Jana can be so maladroit.

Question 25

malaise

Answer 25

a general feeling of discomfort and not feeling well