Unit 4 Flashcards

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VIA

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Latin: VIA
Road, way
Viaduct, Impervious, Deviate, Obviate

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Viaduct

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N.
A bridge that carries a road or railway over a valley.
Root: VIA

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Impervious

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Adj.
Unable to be affected.
Root: VIA
Syn: Invulnerable

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Deviate

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V.
To depart, especially form a path or plan. 
Root: VIA
Syn: Stray
Ant: Continue
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Obviate

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V.
To make unnecessary.
Root: VIA
Syn: Prevent

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FER

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Latin: FERRE
To carry, to bring
Defer, Deference, Confer, Inference, Proffer, Proliferate,

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Defer

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V.
To put aside until later.
Root: FER
Syn: Postpone
Ant: Hasten
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Deference

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N.
Act or practice of yielding to another's authority.
Root: FER
Syn: Submission
Ant: Rebellion
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Confer

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V.
To discuss something with someone else.
Root: FER

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Inference

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N.
A conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to be drawn from the facts at hand.
Root: FER

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Proffer

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V.
To present or offer.
Root: FER
Ant: Withhold

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Proliferate

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V.
To increase greatly in number.
Root: FER
Syn: Reproduce

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PORT

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Latin: Portare, Portatum
To carry, to bring
Comportment, Purported

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Comportment

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N.
Manner in which one acts or behaves.
Root: PORT
Syn: Demeanor

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Purported

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Adj.
Claimed as true, but probably false. 
Root: PORT
Syn: Alleged 
Ant: Definite
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