Statistics for Mal- Vocabulary Words

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Deadly disease carried by mosquitos	Malaria	100%
Name one of two asian countries	Malaysia / Maldives	88%
Large hammer	Mallet	88%
Condition caused by inadequate or unavailable food	Malnutrition	88%
Failure (usually of a machine) to work normally	Malfunction	86%
Celebrity-filled beach city near Los Angeles	Malibu	84%
Not a benign tumor	Malignant	84%
Green-headed duck	Mallard	84%
Illegal or negligent professional behavior. Often heard in medicine	Malpractice / Maladminister	81%
Computer viruses	Malware	81%
Pliable, workable	Malleable	70%
Germinated grain used in brewing and distilling	Malt	65%
Sleeping Beauty villain	Maleficent	63%
Very unpleasant smell	Malodor	63%
Illness, disease, ailment	Malady	60%
Large dog originally bred to pull sleds	Malamute	56%
Improperly change in response to an environment or situation	Maladapt / Maladjust	49%
Vague feeling of weakness or discomfort	Malaise	47%
Nonsense	Malarky	42%
Mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one	Malapropism	35%