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

Adjective. Unable to be effected
Root: VIA
Synonym: Invulnerable

Question 4

Deviate

Answer 4

Verb. To depart, especially from a path or plan
Root: VIA
Synonym: stray
Antonym: continue

Question 5

Obviate

Answer 5

Verb. To make unnecessary, to avoid
Root: VIA
Synonym: prevent

Question 6

FER

Answer 6

Latin. “to carry, to bring”

Defer, deference, confer, inference, proffer, proliferate

Question 7

Defer

Answer 7

Verb. (1) To put aside and leave until later
          (2) To yield respectfully
Root: FER
Synonym: postpone
Antonym: hasten

Question 8

Deference

Answer 8

Noun. Act or practice of yielding to another’s authority
Root: FER
Synonym: submission
Antonym: rebellion

Question 9

Confer

Answer 9

Verb. (1) to discuss something with someone else, consult
(2) 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 at hand
Root: FER

Question 11

Proffer

Answer 11

Verb. To present or offer
Root: FER
Antonym: withhold

Question 12

Proliferate

Answer 12

Verb. To increase greatly in number; multiply
Root: FER
Synonym: 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
Synonym: demeanor

Question 15

Purported

Answer 15

Adjective. Claimed as true, but probably false
Root: PORT
Synonym: alleged
Antonym: definite