Unit 4 Vocabulary

Question 1

ROOT: via

Answer 1

LATIN; via
MEANING: road, way
WORDS: 
- viaduct
- impervious 
- deviate
- obviate

Question 2

Viaduct

Answer 2

P.O.S: noun
MEANING: a bridge that carries a road or railroad over a valley
ROOT: via

Question 3

Impervious

Answer 3

P.O.S: adjective
MEANING: unable to be affected
SYN: invulnerable
ROOT: via

Question 4

Deviate

Answer 4

P.O.S: verb
MEANING: to depart, especially from a path or plan
SYN: stray 
ANT: continue
ROOT: via

Question 5

Obviate

Answer 5

P.O.S: verb
MEANING: to make unnecessary; to avoid
SYN: prevent
ROOT: via

Question 6

ROOT: fer

Answer 6

LATIN; ferre
MEANING: to carry, to bring
WORDS:
- defer
- deference 
- confer
- inference
- proffer 
- proliferate

Question 7

Defer

Answer 7

P.O.S: verb
MEANING: (1) to put aside until later (2) to yield repectfully
SYN: postpone
ANT: hasten
ROOT: fer

Question 8

Deference

Answer 8

P.O.S: noun
MEANING: act or practice of yielding to another's authority
SYN: submission
ANT: rebellion
ROOT: fer

Question 9

Confer

Answer 9

P.O.S: verb
MEANING: (1) to discuss something with someone else ; consult (2) to bestow
ROOT: fer

Question 10

Inference

Answer 10

P.O.S: noun
MEANING: a conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to be drawn from facts at hand
ROOT: fer

Question 11

Proffer

Answer 11

P.O.S: verb
MEANING: to present or offer
ROOT: fer

Question 12

Proliferate

Answer 12

P.O.S: verb
MEANING: to increase greatly in number; multiply
SYN: reproduce
ROOT: fer

Question 13

ROOT: port

Answer 13

LATIN; portare, portatum
MEANING: to carry, to bring
WORD: 
-comportment 
- purported

Question 14

Comportmemt

Answer 14

P.O.S: noun
MEANING: manner in which one acts or behaves
SYN: demeanor
ROOT: port

Question 15

Purported

Answer 15

P.O.S: adjective
MEANING: claimed as true, but probably false
SYN: alleged
ANT: definite
ROOT: port