Power Prefixes for Sixth Grade Students: mis- (incorrect, wrong)

Learn these words beginning with the prefix mis, meaning "hatred" or "incorrectly."
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  1. misinterpret
    construe wrongly
  2. mislead
    take someone in the wrong direction or give wrong directions
  3. misplace
    put (something) where one cannot find it again
  4. misjudge
    form an incorrect opinion
  5. misbehave
    act badly
  6. misuse
    improper handling or application of something
  7. misspell
    write the letters of incorrectly
  8. miscalculate
    compute incorrectly
  9. mismanage
    handle badly or incompetently
  10. misrepresent
    describe or present falsely
  11. mistrust
    regard with suspicion
  12. misconduct
    activity that transgresses moral or civil law
Created on Mon Jun 16 18:39:37 EDT 2025

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