Lesson 3 Vocabulary

able to be believed; reasonable to trust or believe

• credible

• credential

• creed

• incredulous

• incredulous

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

• credential

• credible

• creditor

• creed

• incredulous

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

• credential

• credible

• creditor

• creed

• incredulous

a statement of the basic beliefs of a religion

• credential

• credible

• creditor

• creed

• incredulous

a quality, skill, or experience that makes a person suited to do a job.

• credential

• credible

• creditor

• creed

• incredulous

to find or understand the true or hidden meaning of something; to change from a set of letters, numbers, and/or symbols you cannot understand into words you can understand

• displace

• disgrace

• decode

• deprive

• decline

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

• displace

• disgrace

• decode

• deprive

• decline

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

• displace

• disgrace

• decode

• deprive

• decline

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

• displace

• disgrace

• decode

• deprive

• decline

to take the job or position of someone or something; to force people or animals to leave the area where they live; to move something so that it is no longer in its original or regular location

• displace

• disgrace

• decode

• deprive

• decline