Unit Four

Question 1

Via

Answer 1

Latin: road, away

Viaduct, Impervious, Deviate, Obviate

Question 2

Viaduct

Answer 2

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

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 later/ 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: rebellion

Question 9

Confer

Answer 9

V: to discuss something with someone else, consult/ 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: port
Syn: demeanor

Question 15

Purported

Answer 15

Adj: claimed as true, but probably false
Root: port
Syn: alleged
Ant: definite