Answer:
The dependent clause is "were fired, punished, or even killed." The transition word is "were."
Explanation:
A dependent clause is one that depends on a complement so that it is able to convey a coherent and understandable meaning. This is because this type of clause is not able to transmit a complete thought, managing to establish a message alone.
If we look at the sentence shown in the question above, we will see that the clause "Workers who completed to the owners" is able to start and end a thought, being then the independent clause. While the "were fired, punished, or even killed" clause fails to start and end a thought, it is a dependent clause.
The transition word is the one that makes the connection between the two clauses in a sentence. In the sentence shown in the question above, the transition word is "were".
 
        
             
        
        
        
<span>For a living organism to exist it needs to feed off of something to live. The basic eco cycle of life. If there is no food supply it ceases to exist and dies. This also could define other things in the world that are not organisms, like a rock.</span>
        
             
        
        
        
It’s crazy mister haddock
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
The word maleficent means causing harm especially by supernatural means, and we can determine this because the root 'mal' means evil as stated, and maleficent is a term used for evil occurences (specifically in movies and stuff)
Explanation:
So you can determine that the adjective describes something evil or bad because of the use of the root :) Sorry if this isn't specific enough, but it's quite straight forward to me at least so I don't know how to elaborate if you need a more formal answer 
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Usually it means the style of the writing or speech being used