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VIA

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  • road, way
  • Latin
  • Impervious, deviate, obviate
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FER

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  • to carry, to bring
  • Latin
  • Defer, deference, confer, inference, proffer, proliferate
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PORT

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To carry, to bring

  • Latin
  • comportment, purported
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Viaduct

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  • noun
  • a bridge that carries a road or railroad over a valley
  • VIA
  • no Syn or ant
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Impervious

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  • ADJ
  • Unable to be affected
  • VIA
  • syn- invulnerable
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Deviate

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  • Verb
  • to depart, especially from a path or plan
  • VIA
  • Syn- stray
  • ant- continue
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Obviate

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  • Verb
  • to make unnecessary; to avoid
  • VIA
  • Syn- prevent
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Defer

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  • verb
  • (1). To put aside until later
  • (2). To yield respectfully
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Deference

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  • noun
  • act or practice of yielding to another’s authority
  • FER
  • Syn- submission
  • ant- rebellion
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Confer

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  • Verb
  • (1)to discuss something with someone else; consult
  • (2) to bestow
  • FER
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Inference

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  • noun
  • a conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to be drawn from the facts at hand
  • FER
  • no Syn or ant
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Proffer

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  • verb
  • to present or offer
  • FER
  • ant- withhold
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Proliferate

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Verb

  • to increase greatly in number; multiply
  • FER
  • Syn- reproduce
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Comportment

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  • noun
  • manner in which one actor behaves
  • PORT
  • Syn- demeanor
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Purported

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  • Adj
  • claimed as true, but probably false
  • PORT
  • Syn- alleged
  • ant- definite
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