Unit 1 Vocabulary: Latin and Greek Roots

Perturb

• To make worried or upset

• To calm down

• To confuse someone

• To encourage someone

Celerity

• Speed or quickness

• Slowness or delay

• Complexity or difficulty

• Stability or consistency

Resuscitate

• To bring back to consciousness

• To put into a deep sleep

• To cause to disappear

• To make someone laugh

Solicitous

• Showing care or worry

• Indifferent or unconcerned

• Eager to please or overly attentive

• Calm and composed

Assay

• To test; to analyze

• To ignore; to overlook

• To create; to design

• To destroy; to eliminate

Incite

• To calm down; to soothe

• To stir up; to provoke

• To ignore; to dismiss

• To clarify; to explain

Turbid

• Clear; calm

• Cloudy; upset

• Bright; cheerful

• Dark; gloomy

Exigent

• Urgent; pressing

• Casual; relaxed

• Optional; unnecessary

• Trivial; insignificant

Congent

• Weak and unconvincing

• Strong and to the point; convincing

• Vague and unclear

• Excessively detailed and complex

Turbulent

• Calm and peaceful

• Very excited or upset

• Boring and uneventful

• Smooth and steady