Vocab 23 & 24

Question 1

Accredit

Answer 1

Verb

To officially recognize approve as having met certain standards

Question 2

Credence

Answer 2

Noun

Acceptance as true or valid; belief

Question 3

Credential

Answer 3

Noun

Something that gives one confidence or authority; evidence of one’s qualification

Question 4

Credibility

Answer 4

Noun

Believability; reliability; the power to inspire belief

Question 5

Creditable

Answer 5

Adjective

a) Deserving of limited praise; sufficiently good
b) Worthy of belief

Question 6

Credulous

Answer 6

Adjective

Easily deceived; believing too readily; gullible

Question 7

Creed

Answer 7

Noun

A system of beliefs, principles, or opinions

Question 8

Discredit

Answer 8

Verb

a) To damage in reputation; to disgrace
b) To cause to be distrusted or doubted
c) Lack of trust or belief; doubt

Question 9

Incredulous

Answer 9

Adjective

Disbelieving; showing disbelief; skeptical

Question 10

Miscreant

Answer 10

Noun

An evildoer; a villain

Question 11

Aversion

Answer 11

Noun

a) An intense dislike
b) The avoidance of something considered unpleasant or painful

Question 12

Avert

Answer 12

Verb

a) To run away
b) To ward off

Question 13

Diversify

Answer 13

Verb

To give variety to; to vary

Question 14

Diversion

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Inadvertently

Answer 15

Adverb

Accidentally; unintentionally

Question 16

Incontroverible

Answer 16

Adjective

Unquestionable; impossible to dispute

Question 17

Invert

Answer 17

Verb

To turn upside down or inside out; to reverse the position or the order of

Question 18

Irreversible

Answer 18

Adjective

Impossible to reverse

Question 19

Revert

Answer 19

Verb

To return to a former condition, practice, subject or belief

Question 20

Vertigo

Answer 20

Noun

The sensation of dizziness; of everything turning around you