Unit 4

Question 1

VIA

Answer 1

Latin: “road, way”

Viaduct, Impervious, Deviate, Obviate

Question 3

Impervious

Answer 3

Adj: Unable to be affected
Root: VIA
Syn: Invulnerable

Question 4

Deviate

Answer 4

V: To depart, especially from a path or plan
Root: VIA
Syn: stray
Ant: Continue

Question 5

Obviate

Answer 5

V: To make unnecessary; to avoid
Root: VIA
Syn: Prevent

Question 6

FER

Answer 6

Latin: “to carry, to bring”

Defer, Deference, Confer, Inference, Proffer, Proliferate

Question 7

Defer

Answer 7

V: To put aside until late (2) V: to yield respectfully
Root: FER
Syn: postpone
Ant: hasten

Question 8

Deference

Answer 8

N: Act or practice of yielding to another’s authority
Root: FER
Syn: submission
Ant: Rebelion

Question 9

Confer

Answer 9

V: (1) To discuss something with something else; consult (2) to bestow
Root: FER

Question 10

Inference

Answer 10

N: A conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to be drawn from the facts at hand
Root: FER

Question 11

Proffer

Answer 11

V: To present or offer
Root: FER
Ant: Withhold

Question 12

Proliferate

Answer 12

V: To increase greatly in number; multiply
Root: FER
Syn: Reproduce

Question 13

PORT

Answer 13

Latin: “To carry, to bring”

Comportment, Purported

Question 14

Comportment

Answer 14

N: Manner in which one acts or behaves
Root: POR
Syn: Demeanor

Question 15

Purported

Answer 15

Adj: Claimed as true, but probably false
Root: POR
Syn: Alleged
Ant: Definite

Question 15

Viaduct

Answer 15

N: A bridge that carries a road or railroad over a valley
Root: VIA