Unit 4

Question 1

Viaduct

Answer 1

A bridge that carries a road or railway over a valley

Question 2

Impervious

Answer 2

Unable to be affected

Syn: Invulnerable

Question 3

Deviate

Answer 3

To depart, especially from a path or plan

Syn: Stray Ant: Continue

Question 4

Obviate

Answer 4

To make unnecessary, to avoid

Syn: Prevent

Question 5

Fer

Answer 5

To carry, to bring

Question 6

Defer

Answer 6

To put aside until later; to yield respectfully

Syn: Postpone Ant: Hasten

Question 7

Deference

Answer 7

Act or practice of yielding to another’s authority

Syn: Submission Ant: Rebellion

Question 8

Confer

Answer 8

To discus something with someone else, consult

Question 9

Inference

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Proffer

Answer 10

To present or offer

Ant: Withhold

Question 11

Proliferate

Answer 11

To increase greatly in number, multiply

Syn: Reproduce

Question 12

Port

Answer 12

To carry, to bring

Question 13

Comportment

Answer 13

Manner in which one behaves

Syn: Demeanor

Question 14

Purported

Answer 14

Claimed as true, but probably false

Syn: Alleged Ant: Definite

Question 15

Via

Answer 15

Road, way