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Unit 4 Flashcards

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Via

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Latin “Road, Way”

Viaduct, Impervious, Deviate, Obviate

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Viaduct

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Latin, Noun

A bridge that carries a road or railway

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Impervious

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Adjective, Latin
Root: Via
Syn: Invulnerable
Unable to be affected

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Deviate

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Verb, Latin
Root: Via
Off, away, from
syn: Stray
ant: Continue
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Obviate

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verb, Latin
Root: Via
To make unnecessary
syn: prevent

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Fer

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Latin
To carry, to bring
Differ, Confer, Difference, Inference

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Defer

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Verb
Latin
To put aside to a later date
Syn: Postpone
Ant: Hasten
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Inference

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Latin
Noun
A conclusion proveded by evidence, but able to be drawn from the facts at hand

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Proffer

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Verb
Latin
To present or offer
Ant: Withhold

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Proliferate

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Verb
Latin
To increase greatly in number
Syn: Reproduce

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Confer

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To discuss something with someone else
Verb
Latin

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Deference

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Noun
Latin
Act or practice of yielding to another's authority
Syn: Submission
Ant: Rebellion
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Port

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Latin
To carry, to bring
Comportment, Purported

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Comportment

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Noun
Latin
Manner in which one acts or behaves
Syn: demeanor

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Purported

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Adjective
Latin
Claimed as true, but probably false
Syn: Alleged
Ant: Definite
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