A | B |
EM | in, into |
embellish | (v): to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn; to enhance (a statement or narrative) with fictitious additions |
empathy | (n): identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives |
emanate | (v): to flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin; come forth; originate |
embattle | (v): to prepare for battle; array; to furnish with battlements for defense |
MAL | bad |
malaria | (n): an infectious disease characterized by cycles of chills, fever, and sweating, caused by a protozoan of the genus Plasmodium in red blood cells, which is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito |
malevolent | (adj.): wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious |
malice | (n): desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness |
malodorous | (adj.): having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad |
malady | (n): a disease, disorder, or ailment |
PROT | first |
PROTO | first |
protagonist | (n): the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work |
protocol | (n): the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette |
protoplasm | (n): the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) |
prototype | (n): the original or model on which something is based or formed |
protozoan | (n): any of a large group of single-celled, usually microscopic, eukaryotic organisms, such as amoebas, ciliates, flagellates, and sporozoans |