UNIT4 Flashcards
1
Q
VIA
A
- road, way
- Latin
- Impervious, deviate, obviate
2
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FER
A
- to carry, to bring
- Latin
- Defer, deference, confer, inference, proffer, proliferate
3
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PORT
A
To carry, to bring
- Latin
- comportment, purported
4
Q
Viaduct
A
- noun
- a bridge that carries a road or railroad over a valley
- VIA
- no Syn or ant
5
Q
Impervious
A
- ADJ
- Unable to be affected
- VIA
- syn- invulnerable
6
Q
Deviate
A
- Verb
- to depart, especially from a path or plan
- VIA
- Syn- stray
- ant- continue
7
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Obviate
A
- Verb
- to make unnecessary; to avoid
- VIA
- Syn- prevent
8
Q
Defer
A
- verb
- (1). To put aside until later
- (2). To yield respectfully
9
Q
Deference
A
- noun
- act or practice of yielding to another’s authority
- FER
- Syn- submission
- ant- rebellion
10
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Confer
A
- Verb
- (1)to discuss something with someone else; consult
- (2) to bestow
- FER
11
Q
Inference
A
- noun
- a conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to be drawn from the facts at hand
- FER
- no Syn or ant
12
Q
Proffer
A
- verb
- to present or offer
- FER
- ant- withhold
13
Q
Proliferate
A
Verb
- to increase greatly in number; multiply
- FER
- Syn- reproduce
14
Q
Comportment
A
- noun
- manner in which one actor behaves
- PORT
- Syn- demeanor
15
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Purported
A
- Adj
- claimed as true, but probably false
- PORT
- Syn- alleged
- ant- definite