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- MAL
- bad
- maladroit
- not adroit; awkward; clumsy
- malady
- a bad condition; a disease
- AISE
- ease
- malaise
- a vague feeling of illness or depression
- malapropism
- not appropriate; a ludicrous misuse of a word that sounds somewhat like the word included
- AER
- air
- malaria
- a disease once thought to be caused by bad air from swamps
- malcontent
- a discontented or rebellious person
- DICT
- to speak
- malediction
- a curse (opp. of benediction)
- VOL
- to wish
- malevolent
- wishing evil towards others
- FAC
- to do
- malfeasance
- wrongdoing (esp. by public official)
- malice
- active bad feeling or ill will
- malicious
- intentionally bad or harmful
- malign
- to speak evil of; to slander
- malignant
- bad or harmful; likely to cause death
- malinger
- to pretend to be in bad health to get out of work
- METER, METR
- measure
- BAR
- pressure
- barometer
- an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, assisting in probably weather changes
- GEO
- earth
- geometry
- a branch of mathematics that deals with points, lines, planes, and solids
- KILO
- thousand
- kilometer
- 1,000 meters; approx. 0.62 mile
- metric system
- a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter as a unit length, and the kilogram as a unit mass.
- NOM
- law
- metronome
- a clocklike instrument for measureing the exact time (law) in music with a regularly repeated tick
- OD
- road
- odometer
- an instrument for measuring the distance traveled by a vehicle
- PARA
- beside
- parameter
- a fixed limit or boundary
- PED
- foot
- pedometer
- an instrument that measures the distance walked by recording the number of steps taken
- PERI
- around
- perimeter
- the boundary around an area
- SYM
- together
- symmetrical
- having both sides exactly alike
- TACH
- speed
- tachometer
- an instrument used to measure the speed of a revolving shaft in revolutions per minute
- TRI
- three
- GON
- angle
- trigonometry
- the branch of mathematics that deals with the relations between the sides and angles of triangles and the calculations based on these
- MIT, MIS, MISS
- to send
- DIS
- away
- dismiss
- to send away
- E
- out
- emissary
- a person sent out on a specific mission
- INTER
- between
- intermittent
- stopping and starting at intervals
- missile
- a weapon that is fired or otherwise sent toward a target
- missive
- a letter or message that is sent
- OB
- away
- omit
- to leave out (send away)
- PER
- through
- permit
- to (send through) allow
- PRO
- forth
- promise
- to indicated what may be expected (to send forth)
- TRANS
- across
- transmission
- a device that sends (across) power from the engine of an automobile to the wheels
- transmit
- to send (across) from one place/person to another
- MONO
- one
- ARCH
- ruler
- monarchy
- a government with one hereditary ruler
- monastery
- a dwelling for monks living secluded from the world
- monk
- a member of a religious brotherhood living in a monastery
- OCUL
- eye
- monocle
- an eyeglass for one eye
- GAM
- marriage
- monogamy
- marriage to only one person at a time
- LITH
- stone
- monolithic
- like one single stone: massive, solid, uniform.
- POLY
- to sell
- monopoly
- exclusive control by one group of a commodity or service
- monosyllable
- a word of one syllable
- THE
- god
- monotheism
- the belief that there is only one God
- TON
- tone
- monotone
- having one tone; lack of variety in tone
- monotonous
- having no variation
- MORPH
- form
- A
- without
- amorphous
- without definite form or shape
- ECTO
- outside
- ectomorphic
- characterized by a slender physical build developed from the outside layer of the embryo
- ENDO
- inside
- endomorphic
- characterized by prominence of the abdomen and other soft body parts developed from the inside layer of the embryo
- MESO
- middle
- mesomorphic
- characterized by muscular or athletic build developed from the middle layer of the embryo
- META
- change
- metamorphosis
- change of form or shape
- Morpheus
- in Greek mythology, the god of dreams and of the forms that dreaming sleepers see
- morphine
- a drug used to bring sleep or ease pain (named after Morpheus)
- -LOGY
- study of
- morphology
- the branch of biology that makes a study of the form of animals or plants
- PAN
- all
- AKOS
- remedy
- panacea
- a remedy for all ills or difficulties
- Pan-American
- including all of America, both North and South
- CHROM
- color
- panchromatic
- sensitive to light of all colors
- DAIMON
- demon
- pandemonium
- the home of all demons in Milton's "Paradise Lost"; a wild uproar
- HOPLON
- armor
- panoply
- a full suit of armor; ceremonial attire; any magnificent or impressive array
- HORAMA
- sight
- panorama
- a view in all directions
- pantheism
- the doctrine that God is all the laws and forces of nature and the universe
- pantheon
- a temple of all the gods; the place of the idols of any group, or the idols themselves
- MIM
- to imitate
- pantomime
- a theatrical performance in which the actors play all the parts with gestures and without speaking
- PATH
- feeling, suffering
- ANTI
- against
- antipathy
- a feeling against someone or something; a strong dislike
- apathetic
- without feeling; indifferent
- apathy
- a lack of feeling; indifference
- EM
- in
- empathy
- an understanding so intimate that one partcipates in another's feelings
- pathetic
- arousing feelings of pity
- pathological
- caused by disease
- pathology
- (the study of suffering); the scientific study of the nature of disease, especially the structural and functional changes caused by disease
- pathos
- a quality, especially in literature, that arouses feelings of pity
- PSYCH
- mind
- psychopathic
- (suffering in the mind) mentally disordered
- sympathy
- a feeling for another person
- CENT
- hundred
- centipede
- a wormlike invertebrate popularly supposed to have a hundred feet
- EX
- out
- expedient
- advantageous; useful in getting a desired result
- expedite
- to speed the profress of; to help along
- expedition
- a journey for a definite purpose
- IM
- in
- impede
- to hinder the progress of
- impediment
- anything that hinders (a hindrance)
- pedal
- a lever operated by the foot
- pedestrian
- one who goes on foot; also, commonplace or dull
- PIED
- French for "foot"
- DE
- of
- GRUE
- crane
- pedigree
- a record of ancestry
- QUADR
- four
- quadruped
- a four-footed animal
- PHIL
- to love
- ANGL
- English
- Anglophile
- one who greatly admires Enlgand, its customs, and its people
- BIBL
- book
- bibliophile
- one who loves books; a book collector
- ATELEIA
- tax exemption
- philatelist
- one who loves stamps; a stamp collector
- DENDR
- tree
- philodendron
- a tropical climbing plant that likes the shade of trees
- SOPH
- wise
- philosopher
- one who loves and pursues wisdom through reasoning
- philosophy
- the love and pursuit of wisdome through reasoning