cred = believe

If a person has a reputation for not telling the truth, people will tend to do this to what he says.

• discredit

• incredible

• credit

• credential

Answer explanation

to refuse to believe; to reject as untrue

This person is waiting to be paid back the money that he loaned. He believes that he will get it back.

• credential

• incredible

• creed

• creditor

Answer explanation

a person who believes that he will be paid back the money that he loaned

This is a document that people, such as teachers, earn to show that they know what they are doing.

• credential

• creditor

• credit

• creed

Answer explanation

a document that proves a person is believable

This is a word that describes a person who believes everything he hears.

• accreditation

• credential

• creditor

• credulous

Answer explanation

tending to believe too easily; easily convinced; easily fooled

What do you give to someone if she follows through on what she says she will do?

• credit

• creditor

• creeds

• credential

Answer explanation

to believe that someone will do something

A friend who is always in trouble would never be described at this.

• incredulous

• credible

• creditor

• creed

Answer explanation

believable; reliable

Schools must prove that they have high standards in order to keep this.

• accreditation

• creeeds

• creditor

• incredulous

Answer explanation

granting approval or belief in a school

Which word describes something that you have a hard time believing but really did happen?

• incredible

• credulous

• creed

• creditor

Answer explanation

not believable; improbable; unlikely

A person who never believes anything she hears would be described as which of the following?

• credible

• incredulous

• creditor

• creed

Answer explanation

doubting; unwilling or unable to believe

Each church or religious group follows one of these that may be more or less specific to its members.

• creed

• creditors

• credentials

• accreditation

Answer explanation

a set of religious beliefs or principles