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1. malediction mal′-Ə-DIK′-shƏn

2. maledictory mal′-Ə-DIK′-tƏ-ree

3. malevolent mƏ-LEV′-Ə-lƏnt

4. malevolence mƏ-LEV′-Ə-lƏns

5. maleficent mƏ-LEF′-Ə-sƏnt

6. maleficence mƏ-LEF′-Ə-sƏns

7. malefactor MAL′-Ə-fak′-tƏr

8. malefaction mal′-Ə-FAK′-shƏn

9. maladroit mal′-Ə-DROYT′

10. maladroitness mal′-Ə-DROYT′-nƏs

11. malaise mƏ-LAYZ′

Can you work with the words? (I)

1. titillation a. prohibition

2. adulation b. hatefulness; harmfulness

3. proscription c. clumsiness

4. militancy d. quality of wishing evil; ill-will

e. prevention; fact or act of making
5. malignity
unnecessary or of doing away with

6. malediction f. worship; excessive flattery

7. maladroitness g. vague feeling of bodily discomfort

8. obviation h. pleasurable stimulation; tickling

9. malevolence i. a curse

10. malaise j. aggressiveness