Vocabulary Quizs Unit #21 (The Good with the Bad) Roots

A good or helpful result or effect.

• advantage

• disadvantage

• benefit

• drawback

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.

• dysfunction

• harmony

• stability

• cohesion

Kind and generous; organized to do good things for other people.

• benevolent

• malicious

• indifferent

• selfish

A serious disease that causes severe diarrhea and a loss of blood.

• dysentery

• cholera

• gastroenteritis

• typhoid fever

To fail to function or work properly.

• malfunction

• function

• operate

• perform

Not causing harm or damage; mild, gentle, or pleasant.

• benign

• malignant

• hostile

• aggressive

Real or genuine; made or done in an honest and sincere way.

• bona fide

• faux

• spurious

• counterfeit

A desire to cause harm to another person.

• malice

• empathy

• benevolence

• indifference

To say bad things about someone or something publicly; to criticize harshly or unfairly.

• malign

• praise

• endorse

• compliment

A person who is always or often unhappy or angry about something.

• malcontent

• optimist

• peacemaker

• cheerful