{ 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)

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

Contradict (v)  To express the opposite

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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