Unit 4

Question 1

Via

Answer 1

“Road, way”
Latin
Viaduct, impervious, deviate, obviate

Question 2

Impervious

Answer 2

Unable to be affected
Via
Adjective
Syn: invulnerable

Question 3

Viaduct

Answer 3

A bridge that carries a road or railroad over a valley
Via
Noun

Question 4

Deviate

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Obviate

Answer 5

To make unnecessary, to avoid
Via
Verb
Syn: prevent

Question 6

Fer

Answer 6

“To carry, to bring”
Latin
Defer, deference, confer, inference, proffer, proliferate

Question 7

Defer

Answer 7

1) To put aside until later (2) To yield respectfully
Fer
Verb 
Syn: postpone 
Ant: hasten

Question 8

Derferance

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Confer

Answer 9

(1) To discuss something with someone else; consult (2) To bestow
Fer
Verb

Question 10

Inference

Answer 10

A conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to be drawn from the facts at hand
Fer
Noun

Question 11

Proffer

Answer 11

To present or offer
Fer
Verb
Ant: withhold

Question 12

Proliferate

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Port

Answer 13

“To carry, to bring”
Latin
Comportment, purported

Question 14

Comportment

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Purported

Answer 15

Claimed as true, but probably false
Port
Adjective
Syn: alleged
Ant: definite