Unit 4 Vocab

Question 1

VIA

Answer 1

Latin
“Road,way”
Impervious,deviate,obviate

Question 2

IMPERVIOUS

Answer 2

Adj. Unable to be affected
L. “Not” “through”
Syn: invulnerable

Question 3

DEVIATE

Answer 3

V. To depart, especially from a path or plan.
L. “Off, away from”
Syn: stray ant:continue

Question 4

OBVIATE

Answer 4

V. to make unsuccessful, to avoid.
L. “In the way of”
Syn: prevent

Question 5

FER

Answer 5

Latin
“To carry, to bring”
Defer,Deference,Confer,Inference,Proffer, Proliferate

Question 6

DEFER

Answer 6

V. To put aside until later.
L. “Off,away”
Syn: postpone ant: hasten

Question 7

DEFERENCE

Answer 7

N. act or practice of yielding to another’s authority.

Syn: submission ant: rebellion

Question 8

CONFER

Answer 8

V. To consult something with someone else; consult.

L.”together”

Question 9

INFERENCE

Answer 9

N. a conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to be drawn from the facts at hand.
L. “In”

Question 10

PREFER

Answer 10

V. To present or offer.
L. “Forward”
Ant: withhold

Question 11

PROLIFERATE

Answer 11

V. To increase greatly in number; multiply.
L. “Offspring”
Syn: reproduce

Question 12

PORT

Answer 12

Latin
“To carry, to bring”
Comportment,purported

Question 13

COMPORTMENT

Answer 13

N. manner in which one acts or behaves.
L. “Together”
Syn: demeanor

Question 14

PURPORTED

Answer 14

Adj. claimed as true, but probably false.
L. “Forward”
Syn:alleged ant:definite