Osborne Unit 4 (Peccadillo-Negate)

MAL (Latin)

(adj.) bad

Impeccable

(adj.) having no flaws

Pejorative

(adj.) negative and critical

Negligent

(adj.) not properly attentive

Negligible

(adj.) unimportant; insignificant

Peccant

(adj.) violating a moral law

PEJ, PAIR (Latin)

(adj.) worse

Malaise

(n.) a sense of unease; depression

Peccadillo

(n.) a small sin or fault

Negate

(v.) to cancel the affect of

Impair

(v.) to cause to diminish

NEG (Latin)

(v.) to deny; to neglect

Malinger

(v.) to pretend to be sick so as to avoid something

PECC (Latin)

(v.) to sin; (adj.) to be flawed

Malign

(v.) to speak of maliciously