This week’s Greek or Latin Root is… cred
What words do you know that have the root “cred” in them?
What do you think the root “cred” means?
Here’s a hint…
cred means believe
accreditation Granting approval or BELIEF in a school
credential A document that proves a person is BELIEVABLE
credible BELIEVABLE reliable
credit To BELIEVE that someone will do something (such as pay back a debt)
creditor A person who BELIEVES that he will be paid back the money that he loaned to someone
credulous Tending to BELIEVE too easily Easily convinced Easily fooled
creed A set of religious BELIEFS or principles
discredit To refuse to BELIEVE To reject as untrue
incred ible Not BELIEVABLE Improbable Unlikely
incred ulous Doubting Unwilling or unable to BELIEVE
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