GRE Word List
CREDENCE
mental acceptance as true or real
The meaning of the word credence is mental acceptance as true or real.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| defalcate | deduct |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| duration | continuance in time |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |