Word List # 10:
Cred-believe
Contra/Counter- against
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Granting
approval or
belief in a
school
Accreditation (n)
{
A document that
proves a person
is believable
Credential (n)
{
Believable;
reliable
Credible (adj)
{
To believe that
someone will do
something
Credit (v)
{
A person who
believes that he
will be paid back
the money that
he loaned
Creditor (n)
{
Tending to
believe too
easily; easily
convinced; easily
fooled
Credulous (adj)
{
A set of religious
beliefs or
principles
Creed (n)
{
To refuse to
believe; to reject
as untrue
Discredit (v)
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Not believable;
improbable;
unlikely
Incredible (adj)
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Doubting;
unwilling or
unable to believe
Incredulous (adj)

Anything that is against the law to buy or
sell
Contraband (n)

To express the opposite
Contradict (v)
Contrarian (n)

A person who thinks
differently from other people;
a person who does the
opposite of what is expected

Completely
different;
opposite in
nature, opinion, or
action
Contrary (adj)

To look at different things to see how
they are opposites or not related
Contrast (v)

A weight used to
balance an opposite
weight
Counterbalance (n)

In the direction that
is opposite of the
direction thee hands
of the clock move
Counterclockwise (adv)

An example used to
support a claim or
statement that is the
opposite of another
claim or statement
Counterexample (n)
Counterfeit (adj)

Being the opposite of real; fake or
artificial

Goes against your gut
feeling or common
sense
Counterintuitive (adj)