UNIT 4-VOCAB Flashcards
Via
Latin
“road, way”
Words: Viaduct, Impervious, Deviate, Obviate,
Viaduct
Noun
Latin
“A bridge that carries a road or a railroad across a valley”
Impervious
Adj
Latin
“Unable to be affected”
Syn: Invulnerable
Deviate
Verb Latin "to depart, especially from a path or plan" syn: stray ant: continue
Obviate
Verb
Latin
“To make unnecessary; to avoid”
Syn: Prevent
Fer
Latin
“To Carry, to Bring”
Words: Defer, Deference, Confer, Inference, Proffer, Proliferate,
Defer
Verb Latin 1."To put aside until later" 2. "To yield hastefully" Syn: Postpone Ant: Hasten
Defference
Noun Latin "Act or practice of yieldings one authority" Syn: Submission Ant: Rebellion
Confer
Verb
Latin
1.”To discuss something with someone else;to consult” 2. “To bestow”
Inference
Noun
Latin
“A conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to be drawn by the facts at hand”
Proffer
Verb
Latin
“To present, or offer.”
Proliferate
Verb
Latin
“To increase greatly in number; reproduce”
Syn: Multiply
Port
Latin
“To carry out, to bring”
Words: comportment, purported
Comportment
Noun
Latin
“manner in which one acts or behaves”
Syn: Demeanor
Purported
Adj Latin "Claimed as true, but probably false" Syn: alleged Ant: definate