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Unit 4 Vocabulary
Via - Fer - Port
Term | Definition |
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Viaduct | A bridge that carries a road or railroad over a valley |
Impervious | Unable to be affected |
Deviate | To depart, especially from a path or plan |
Obviate | To make unnecessary; to avoid |
Defer | (1) To put aside until later (2) To yield respectfully |
Deference | Act or practice of yielding to another's authority |
Confer | (1) To discuss something with someone else; consult (2) To bestow |
Inference | A conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to be drawn from the facts at hand |
Proffer | To present or offer |
Proliferate | To increase greatly in number; multiply |
Comportment | Manner in which one acts or behaves |
Purported | Claimed as true, but probably false |