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mal-
(MAL)bad or wrong
Latin for bad. Anything mal- is going wrong: malfunction, malware, malicious.
prefixLatin
Good, bad, with, againstSpellings:malmale
Example words
malfunction
to work badly
malicious
meaning to do harm
malnourished
badly fed — not getting enough good food
Who it is for
Grades served: 6, 7
Level 2Level 1 holds the word parts students meet first. Level 3 holds the ones that turn up in harder reading.
Related roots
Good, bad, with, against. Roots that judge or pair things up: good, bad, together, opposed.
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