Unit 4 Flashcards
VIA
Latin: VIA
Road, way
Viaduct, Impervious, Deviate, Obviate
Viaduct
N.
A bridge that carries a road or railway over a valley.
Root: VIA
Impervious
Adj.
Unable to be affected.
Root: VIA
Syn: Invulnerable
Deviate
V. To depart, especially form a path or plan. Root: VIA Syn: Stray Ant: Continue
Obviate
V.
To make unnecessary.
Root: VIA
Syn: Prevent
FER
Latin: FERRE
To carry, to bring
Defer, Deference, Confer, Inference, Proffer, Proliferate,
Defer
V. To put aside until later. Root: FER Syn: Postpone Ant: Hasten
Deference
N. Act or practice of yielding to another's authority. Root: FER Syn: Submission Ant: Rebellion
Confer
V.
To discuss something with someone else.
Root: FER
Inference
N.
A conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to be drawn from the facts at hand.
Root: FER
Proffer
V.
To present or offer.
Root: FER
Ant: Withhold
Proliferate
V.
To increase greatly in number.
Root: FER
Syn: Reproduce
PORT
Latin: Portare, Portatum
To carry, to bring
Comportment, Purported
Comportment
N.
Manner in which one acts or behaves.
Root: PORT
Syn: Demeanor
Purported
Adj. Claimed as true, but probably false. Root: PORT Syn: Alleged Ant: Definite