Unit 4 Vocabulary

Question 1

VIA (root)

Answer 1

Latin; “road, way”

Words: viaduct, impervious, deviate, obviate

Question 2

Viaduct

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Impervious

Answer 3

adj. Unable to be affected

Synonym: invulnerable

Question 4

Deviate

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Obviate

Answer 5

v. To make unnecessary; to avoid

Synonym: prevent

Question 6

FER (root)

Answer 6

Latin; “to carry, to bring”

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

Question 7

Defer

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Deference

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Confer

Answer 9

v. To discuss something with someone else; consult

v. To bestow

Question 10

Inference

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Proffer

Answer 11

v. To present or offer

Antonym: withhold

Question 12

Proliferate

Answer 12

v. To increase greatly in number; multiply

Synonym: reproduce

Question 13

PORT (root)

Answer 13

Latin; “to carry, to bring”

Words: comportment, purported

Question 14

Comportment

Answer 14

n. Manner in which one acts or behaves

Synonym: demeanor

Question 15

Purported

Answer 15

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