Roots Lesson 3 (cred, de-, dis-)

able to be believed; reasonable to trust or believe

• credential

• credible

• creditor

• creed

• incredulous

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

• credential

• credible

• creditor

• creed

• incredulous

statement of the basic beliefs of a religion; an idea or set of beliefs

that guides the actions of a person or group

• credential

• credible

• creditor

• creed

• incredulous

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

belief

• 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