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Word List # 10: Cred-believe

Contra/Counter- against

{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)

{Not believable; improbable; unlikely

Incredible (adj)

{Doubting; unwilling or unable to believe

Incredulous (adj)

Contraband (n)

Anything that is against the law to buy or sell

Contradict (v)

To express the opposite

Contrarian (n)

A person who thinks differently from other people; a person who does the opposite of what is expected

Contrary (adj)

Completely different; opposite in nature, opinion, or action

Contrast (v)

To look at different things to see how they are opposites or not related

Counterbalance (n)

A weight used to balance an opposite weight

Counterclockwise (adv)

In the direction that is opposite of the direction thee hands of the clock move

Counterexample (n)

An example used to support a claim or statement that is the opposite of another claim or statement

Counterfeit (adj)

Being the opposite of real; fake or artificial

Counterintuitive (adj)

Goes against your gut feeling or common sense