The root word 'mal', which is Latin for 'bad' is found in these words, among several others:
MALADROIT, meaning inept or clumsy.
MALNOURISHED, meaning underfed or starved.
MALFUNCTIONING, meaning disabled or not working properly.
MALADJUSTED, meaning not adapted.
MALODOROUS, meaning bad-smelling or disgusting
MALEFACTOR, meaning a person who does ill to others (opposite of 'benefactor', 'bene' meaning 'good' in Latin!)
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Words that start with the prefix -mal (bad, wrongful, or ill) are:
malabsorption,
maladaptation, maladapted, maladaptive,
maladjusted, maladjustive, maladjustment,
maladminister, maladministered, maladministering, maladministers, maladministration,
maladroit, maladroitly, maladroitness,
malady, maladies
malaise,
malapert, malapertly, malapertness,
malapportioned, malapportionment,
malaprop, malapropian, malapropism, malapropist, malapropos,
malaria, malarial, malarian, malariologies, malariologist, malarious,
malaromas,
malcontent, malcontented, malcontentedly, malcontentedness,
maldistribution,
maledict, maledicted, maledicting, malediction, maledictory,
malefaction, malefactor,
malefic, maleficence, maleficences, maleficent,
malevolence, malevolent, malevolently,
malfeasance,
malfed,
malformation, malformed,
malfunction, malfunctioned, malfunctioning, malfunctions,
malice, malicious, maliciously, maliciousness,
malign, maligned, malignly, maligns, maligning
malignant, malignance, malignancy, malignantly,
maligner, malignities, malignity, malingered, malingerer, maligners, malingering,
malison,
malnutrition, malnourished, malnutritions,
malocclusion,
malodor, malodorous, malodorously, malodorousness,
malposed, malposition,
malpractice, malpractitioner,
maltreat, maltreated, maltreater, maltreating, maltreatment,
malversation
Malcontent, malicious, maltreated, malnutrition, animal, and malapropism all have the letters "mal" in them. In all of the words except "animal", mal- is a prefix meaning "bad". It comes from the Latin root word "malus", which means "bad, evil".
Some words that start with "mal" include: malfunction, malnutrition, malicious, and maltreated.
malnutrition, malcontent, malice, malicious, malnourished, malinger, malign, malaria, malignant.
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Malicious
The root word "mal" typically denotes something negative or bad. This prefix is commonly used in words to indicate wrongdoing or evil, such as "malfunction" or "malicious."
Some words that start with "sub" include submerge, submarine, and subculture.
Some words that start with "vac" are vacuum, vacation, vacant, and vaccination.
Words that start with "baro" include barometer, baroque, baron, and baroness.
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Some words that start and end with A are:acaciaAfricaAlabamaAlbaniaalfalfaAlgeriaalpacaAmericaanemiaammoniaamnesiaamphoraanacondaAndorraAngolaangoraAntarcticaAntiguaappaloosaareaarenaArgentinaariaArmeniaArizonaAsiaaspidistraaquaaromaarugulaauraauroraAustraliaAustria
Some words that start with 'stew' are:stewardstewardessstewardingstewardshipstewedstewingstewpotstews
Some words that start with U are:uglyulcerumbrellaumpireuncleunderunguentupurbanurchinurgenturnuseutility
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Some words that start with 'migr' are migraine and migrate.