Unit 4

Question 1

Via

Answer 1

Latin: Via “road, way”

Viaduct, Impervious, Deviate, Obviate

Question 2

Viaduct

Answer 2

N. A bridge that carries a road or railroad over a valley

Root: Via

Question 3

Impervious

Answer 3

Adj. unable to be affected
Root: Via
Syn: invulnerable

Question 4

Deviate

Answer 4

V. to depart, especially from a path or plan
Root: Via
Syn: stray
Ant: continue

Question 5

Obviate

Answer 5

V. To make unnecessary; to avoid
Root: Via
Syn: prevent

Question 6

Fer

Answer 6

Latin: Ferre “to carry, to bring”

Defer, Deference, Confer, Inference, Proffer, Proliferate

Question 7

Defer

Answer 7

V. to put aside until later / V. to yield respectively
Root: Fer
Syn: postpone
Ant: hasten

Question 8

Deference

Answer 8

N. Act or practicing of yielding to one’s authority
Root: Fer
Syn: submission
Ant: rebellion

Question 9

Confer

Answer 9

V. To discuss something with someone else; consult / V. To bestow
Root: Fer

Question 10

Inference

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Proffer

Answer 11

V. To present or offer
Root: Fer
Ant: withhold

Question 12

Proliferate

Answer 12

V. to increase greatly in number; number
Root: Fer
Syn: reproduce

Question 13

Port

Answer 13

Latin: Portare, Portatum “to carry, to bring”

Comportment, Purported

Question 14

Comportment

Answer 14

N. Manner in which one acts or behaves.
Root: Port
Syn: demeanor

Question 15

Purported

Answer 15

Adj. Claim as true; but probably false
Root: Port
Syn: alleged
Ant: definite