Unit 4 Vocabulary Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

VIA (root)

A

Latin; “road, way”

Words: viaduct, impervious, deviate, obviate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Viaduct

A

n. A bridge that carries a road or railroad over a valley

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Impervious

A

adj. Unable to be affected

Synonym: invulnerable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Deviate

A

v. To depart, especially from a path or plan
Synonym: stray
Antonym: continue

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Obviate

A

v. To make unnecessary; to avoid

Synonym: prevent

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

FER (root)

A

Latin; “to carry, to bring”

Words: defer, deference, confer, inference, proffer, proliferate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Defer

A

v. to put aside until later
v. to yield respectfully
Synonym: postpone
Antonym: hasten

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Deference

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Confer

A

v. To discuss something with someone else; consult

v. To bestow

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Inference

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Proffer

A

v. To present or offer

Antonym: withhold

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Proliferate

A

v. To increase greatly in number; multiply

Synonym: reproduce

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

PORT (root)

A

Latin; “to carry, to bring”

Words: comportment, purported

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Comportment

A

n. Manner in which one acts or behaves

Synonym: demeanor

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Purported

A

adj. Claimed as true, but probably false
Synonym: alleged
Antonym: definite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly