Unit 4

Question 1

Via

Answer 1

Latin; Via: “road away”

Viaduct, Impervious, deviate, obviate

Question 2

Viaduct

Answer 2

Part of Speech: noun

Definition: a bridge that carries a road or a railroad over a valley

Question 3

Impervious

Answer 3

Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: unable to be affected
Synonym: invulnerable
Antonym: vulnerable

Question 4

deviate

Answer 4

Part of Speech: verb
Definition: to depart, especially from a path or a plan.
Synonym: stray
Antonym: continue

Question 5

obviate

Answer 5

Part of Speech: verb
Definition: to make unneccessary; to avoid
Synonym: prevent
Antonym: push to

Question 6

Fer

Answer 6

Latin; Ferre “to carry, to bring”

defer, deference, confer, inference, proffer, proliferate

Question 7

defer

Answer 7

Part of Speech: verb
Definition: to put aside until later; to yield respectfully
Synonym: postpone
Antonym: hasten

Question 8

deference

Answer 8

Part of Speech: noun
Definition: act or practice of yielding to another’s authority
Synonym: submission
Antonym: rebellion

Question 9

confer

Answer 9

Part of Speech: verb

Definition: to discuss something with someone else; consult; to bestow.

Question 10

inference

Answer 10

Part of Speech: noun

Definition: a conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to bee drawn from the facts at hand

Question 11

proffer

Answer 11

Part of Speech: verb
Definition: to present or offer
Antonym: withhold

Question 12

proliferate

Answer 12

Part of Speech: verb
Definition: to increase greatly in number; multiply
Synonym: reproduce

Question 13

port

Answer 13

Latin; portare, portatum “to carry, to bring”

comportment, purported,

Question 14

comportment

Answer 14

Part of Speech: noun
Definition: manner in which one acts or behaves
Synonym: demeanor

Question 15

purported

Answer 15

Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: claimed as true, but probably false
Synonym: alleged
Antonym: definite