Root: mirror, mis, mini, minut, minim

Meaning: small, less, worse

 

1. minute : insignificant
2. minuet : a slow dance
3. minstrel : a medieval musician
4. diminuendo : reducing sound
5. miscreant : villain

 

Root: mesce, misc, mix, med

Meaning: mixture

 

1. mélange : a mixture
2. promiscuous : indiscriminate behavior
3. melee : jumble
4. medley : heterogeneous elements
5. admixture : mixing

 

Context:

 

1. Even a minute amount of radiation could be hazardous
2. A minuet was in vogue in the 17^th century
3. A minstrel sang through the streets
4. Reduction of loudness is diminuendo
5. A miscreant holds false religious beliefs
6. A compound is a mélange
7. He has a promiscuous nature
8. The child was lost  during the melee
9. The medley is worth listening to
10. An alien element added to the original results in an admixture

 

 

 

 

 

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