roots chapters ela

bene/bon

A Latin root meaning "good" or "well," often used in words like "benelovent" and "benefit."

mal

A Latin root meaning "bad" or "evil," often used in words like "malicious" and "malfunction."

dys

A Greek root meaning "bad" or "difficult," often used in words like "dysfunction" and "dystopia."

pater/patri

A Latin root meaning "father," often used in words like "paternal" and "patriarch."

mater/matri

A Latin root meaning "mother," often used in words like "maternal" and "matriarch."

gen

A Greek root meaning "birth" or "race," commonly used in words like "generation" and "genetics."

malign

To speak about someone in a spitefully critical manner; to defame.

dysentery

a disease

benevolent