Word List # 10: Cred-believe Contra/Counter- against

Granting approval or belief in a school Accreditation (n)

A document that proves a person is believable Credential (n)

Believable; reliable Credible (adj)

To believe that someone will do something Credit (v)

A person who believes that he will be paid back the money that he loaned Creditor (n)

Tending to believe too easily; easily convinced; easily fooled Credulous (adj)

A set of religious beliefs or principles Creed (n)

To refuse to believe; to reject as untrue Discredit (v)

Not believable; improbable; unlikely Incredible (adj)

Doubting; unwilling or unable to believe Incredulous (adj)

Anything that is against the law to buy or sell Contraband (n)

To express the opposite Contradict (v)

Contrarian (n) A person who thinks differently from other people; a person who does the opposite of what is expected

Completely different; opposite in nature, opinion, or action Contrary (adj)

To look at different things to see how they are opposites or not related Contrast (v)

A weight used to balance an opposite weight Counterbalance (n)

Counterclockwise (adv) In the direction that is opposite of the direction thee hands of the clock move Counterclockwise (adv)

An example used to support a claim or statement that is the opposite of another claim or statement Counterexample (n)

Counterfeit (adj) Being the opposite of real; fake or artificial

Counterintuitive (adj) Goes against your gut feeling or common sense Counterintuitive (adj)