Unit 4

Question 1

VIA

Answer 1

Latin: “road, way”

Viaduct, impervious, deviate, obviate

Question 2

Viaduct

Answer 2

Noun. 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

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

Question 5

Obviate

Answer 5

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

Question 6

FER

Answer 6

Latin: “to carry, to bring”

Defer, deference, confer, inference, proffer, proliferate

Question 7

Defer

Answer 7

Verb. To put aside until later
Verb. To yield respectfully 
Root: Fer
Syn: postpone
Ant: hasten

Question 8

Deference

Answer 8

Noun. Act or practice of yielding to another’s authority
Root: Fer
Syn: submission
Ant: rebellion

Question 9

Confer

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Inference

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Proffer

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Proliferate

Answer 12

Verb. To increase greatly in number; multiply
Root: Fer
Syn: reproduce

Question 13

PORT

Answer 13

Latin: “to carry, to bring”

Comportment, purported

Question 14

Comportment

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Purported

Answer 15

Adj. Claimed as true, but probably false
Root: Port
Syn: alleged
Ant: definite