Vocab 23 & 24 Flashcards
Accredit
Verb
To officially recognize approve as having met certain standards
Credence
Noun
Acceptance as true or valid; belief
Credential
Noun
Something that gives one confidence or authority; evidence of one’s qualification
Credibility
Noun
Believability; reliability; the power to inspire belief
Creditable
Adjective
a) Deserving of limited praise; sufficiently good
b) Worthy of belief
Credulous
Adjective
Easily deceived; believing too readily; gullible
Creed
Noun
A system of beliefs, principles, or opinions
Discredit
Verb
a) To damage in reputation; to disgrace
b) To cause to be distrusted or doubted
c) Lack of trust or belief; doubt
Incredulous
Adjective
Disbelieving; showing disbelief; skeptical
Miscreant
Noun
An evildoer; a villain
Aversion
Noun
a) An intense dislike
b) The avoidance of something considered unpleasant or painful
Avert
Verb
a) To run away
b) To ward off
Diversify
Verb
To give variety to; to vary
Diversion
Noun
a) An action or a ploy that turns attention away
b) Something that distracts the mind and relaxes or entertains
c) The act or instance of turning aside
Inadvertently
Adverb
Accidentally; unintentionally
Incontroverible
Adjective
Unquestionable; impossible to dispute
Invert
Verb
To turn upside down or inside out; to reverse the position or the order of
Irreversible
Adjective
Impossible to reverse
Revert
Verb
To return to a former condition, practice, subject or belief
Vertigo
Noun
The sensation of dizziness; of everything turning around you
