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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phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
prominentstanding out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant
gaffea social or diplomatic blunder
direexciting horror
lassitudea condition of weariness or debility : fatigue
eddya current of water or air running contrary to the main current
indicessigns; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index
erodeto diminish or destroy by degrees:
compliancethe act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion
jibeto be in accord : agree