Roots & Prefixes Lesson 3

"Cred" means

• unbelief

• supportive

• religious

• belief

"De-" does NOT mean

• opposite

• against

• remove

able to be believed; reasonable to trust or believe

• displace

• credible

• incredulous

• credential

to move something so that it is no longer in its original or regular location

• disgrace

• decline

• displace

• deprive

not able or willing to believe something; feeling or showing a lack of belief

• incredulous

• credible

• creditor

• creed

to cause someone to feel ashamed; to cause someone or something to lose or become unworthy of respect or approval

• decode

• incredulous

• disgrace

• creed

a person, bank, or company that lends money to someone

• creed

• creditor

• credential

• decline

to become lower in amount or less in number; to become worse in condition or quality

• decline

• deprive

• displace

• decode

statement of the basic beliefs of a religion; an idea or set of beliefs that guides the actions of a person or group

• credible

• incredulous

• creed

• credential

to take something away from someone or something; to not allow to have or keep something

• deprive

• decline

• creditor

• displace