Unit 4

Question 1

Via

Answer 1

Latin means “road, way”

Viaduct, impervious, deviate, obviate

Question 2

Viaduct

Answer 2

N. a bridge that carries a roadster 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 apart, 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 means “to carry, to bring”

Defer, deference, confer, inference, proffer, proliferate

Question 7

Defer

Answer 7

V. T put aside until later
Root: fer
SYN. Postpone
Ant. Hasten

Question 8

Deference

Answer 8

N. act or practice of yielding to another’s authority
Root: fer
SYN. Submission
Ant. Rebellion

Question 9

Confer

Answer 9

V. T discuss something with someone else, to consult

Root: fer

Question 10

Inference

Answer 10

N. a conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to be drawn by 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, multiply
Root: fer
SYN. Reproduce

Question 13

Port

Answer 13

Latin means “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. claimed as true, but probably false
Root: port
SYN. Alleged
Ant. definite