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5th Roots: cred/jur
5th Roots: cred/jur/jus/jud
Term | Definition |
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accreditation | (n) granting approval or belief in a school |
credential | (n) a document that proves a person is believable |
credible | (adj) believable; reliable |
credit | (v) to believe that someone will do something |
creditor | (n) a person who believes that he will be paid back the money that he loaned |
credulous | (adj) tending to believe too easily; easily convinced; easily fooled |
creed | (n) a set of religious beliefs or principals |
discredit | (v) to refuse to believe; to reject as untrue |
incredible | (adj) not believable; improbable; unlikely |
incredulous | (adj) doubting; unwilling or unable to believe |
abjure | (v) to give up rights; to recant |
judge | (n) a person chosen to interpret laws, decide on a winner, or settle a controversy |
jurisdiction | (n) the territory or land in which justice and laws are administered and followed |
jurist | (n) an expert in law |
jury | (n) a group of people sworn to abide by the laws to determine the truth |
just | (adj) lawful; fair |
justice | (n) fairness; rightfulness |
justification | (n) the fact that is said to prove that something is true |
justify | (v) to prove; to offer |
perjury | (v) to break the law by lying; to break a formal promise; to break an oath |