GRE Word List

CREDENCE

mental acceptance as true or real

The meaning of the word credence is mental acceptance as true or real.

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replenishto fill or build up again
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extortto obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring
immutablenot capable of or susceptible to change
sententiousgiven to or abounding in aphoristic expression
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egregiousconspicuous
obsidiana dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava