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teams to recover the missing.” Turbid can also be used in a more
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disordered, as in: “The writer’s turbid prose confused her readers.”z Turbid includes the root turb, which comes from the Latin word
turba, meaning “turmoil or confusion.” The root can also carry the
connotation of “spinning and whirling.” Other words that share
the turb root include turbulent, disturb, perturb, imperturbable,
and turbine.Turgid (adjective)Swollen, distended, puffy.z Turgid can refer to physical swollenness, as in: “The disease
had ravaged his body, leading to swollen limbs and turgid facial
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language that is swollen, pompous, and bombastic, as in: “The love
song’s turgid lyrics and hackneyed expressions made it unpopular
with listeners.”Roots for “Work”
z The Latin root oper means “work” and is found in such words as
operate, cooperate, cooperative, uncooperative, inoperable, opus
(a work or composition), magnum opus (literally, a “great work”),
and opera (borrowed into English from the Italian opera, literally
meaning “a work, labor, or composition”).z The Greek root erg also means “work.” This root is found in such
words as energy (the capacity or power to do work), erg (a unit of
work or energy), ergonomics (the study of the relationship between
workers and their environments), synergy (the combined effect
of working together), metallurgy (the science of working with or
extracting metals), and ergophobia (the fear of work).