mal- and mis-

Question 1

mal-

Answer 1

bad or badly, wrong, ill

Question 2

malady

Answer 2

a sickness or illness; bad health

Question 3

malefactor

Answer 3

a person who does the wrong thing; an evil person

Question 4

malevolent

Answer 4

wishing evil or bad will for others; mean

Question 5

malfeasance

Answer 5

bad conduct or wrongdoing by a public official

Question 6

malfunction

Answer 6

to function imperfectly or bady; fail to operate normally

Question 7

malice

Answer 7

a desire to do something bad to someone else; doing something that is wrong on purpose

Question 8

malignant

Answer 8

very bad or harmful; likely to cause death

Question 9

malnutrition

Answer 9

a poor diet; bad eating habits that result in poor health

Question 10

malodorous

Answer 10

stinky; having a bad smell

Question 11

malpractice

Answer 11

an instance of bad conduct or treatment from a doctor or other professional

Question 12

misbehave

Answer 12

to act out badly or in the wrong way

Question 13

mischievous

Answer 13

tending to make minor bad choices; teasing; full of tricks; naughty

Question 14

miserable

Answer 14

feeling badly; the condition of feeling unhappy

Question 15

misfortune

Answer 15

bad luck

Question 16

misjudge

Answer 16

to make a wrong or unfair decision about someone

Question 17

mislead

Answer 17

to guide someone into wrong direction; to be a bad influence

Question 18

misspell

Answer 18

to spell a word the wrong way

Question 19

mistake

Answer 19

a bad or wrong decision; error

Question 20

mistreat

Answer 20

to treat someone badly

Question 21

misunderstand

Answer 21

to think the wrong thing about what was communicated

Question 22

mis-

Answer 22

bad or badly, wrong