Vocabulary and Etymology week 2

Bene—

word-forming element meaning "well," from Latin bene "well, in the right way, honorably, properly. "

Beneficial (adj.)

• conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful:

Benefit

1.(n.)

• something that is advantageous or good; an advantage

• a payment or gift, as one made to help someone or given

 by an employer, an insurance company, or a public agency

• a theatrical performance or other public entertainment

  to raise money for a charitable organization or cause.

• an act of kindness; good deed

2.(v.)

• (used with object)

  to do good to; be of service to

• (used without object)

  to derive benefit or advantage; profit; make improvement

Mal-

• a combining form meaning “bad,” “wrongful,” “ill,” occurring originally in 

loanwords from French (malapert); 

Malformation (n.)           

• faulty or anomalous formation or structure, especially in a living body

Malfeasance (n.)

• the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified,

  harmful, or contrary to law; wrong doing (used especially of an act in violation  of a public trust) 

Samuel Johnson

an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer.Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and is described by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". He is also the subject of perhaps the most famous biography in English literature, namely The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell

The History of  English in 10mins