Week 22

benevolent (adjective)

• kind and generous; organized to do good things for other people
• cruel and heartless; enjoying seeing others suffer
• violent and destructive
• old and ugly

benign (adjective)

• not causing harm or damage; mild, gentle, or pleasant
• causing serious damage; harsh
• causing death; deadly
• delicious and healthy

bona fide (adjective)

• real or genuine; made or done in an honest and sincere way
• fake or false; made or done to trick someone
• valuable
• worthless

benefit (noun)

• a good or helpful result or effect
• kind and generous; organized to do good things for other people
• a danger
• a threat to the safety of people

dysentery (noun)

• a serious disease that causes severe diarrhea and a loss of blood
• a mild illness that makes your ears to itch
• good health
• someone who is very bad at keeping watch

dysfunction (noun)

• the condition of having poor or unhealthy behaviors and attitudes within a group of people; the state of being unable to function in a normal way
• the condition of having great and healthy behaviors and attitudes within a group of people; the state of being able to function well
• a prize that you get for doing well
• the way something usually works

malcontent (noun)

• a person who is always or often unhappy or angry about something
• a person who is always happy
• a person who is very patient and never gets angry
• A person who is always sad and worried about something

malice (noun)

• a desire to cause harm to another person
• a desire to help someone
• a fear of losing someone
• not being able to trust anyone

malfunction (verb)

• to fail to function or work properly
• to work very well
• to improve the function of something
• to work the way it is supposed to work

malign (verb)

• to say bad things about someone or something publicly; to criticize harshly or unfairly
• to say kind things about someone or something publicly
• to say good things about someone who doesn't deserve it because you want them to like you
• to cross out something nice that someone has written