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Affixes Lesson 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| credential | n. a quality, skill, or experience that makes a person suited to do a job. |
| decline | v. to become lower in amount or less in number; to become worse in condition or quality. |
| incredulous | adj. not able or willing to believe something; feeling or showing a lack of belief. |
| displace | v. to take the job or position of someone or something; to force people or animals to leave the area where they live; to move something so that it is no longer in its original or regular location. |
| credible | adj. able to be believed; reasonable to trust or believe. |
| deprive | v. to take something away from someone or something; to not allow to have or keep something. |
| creed | n. a statement of the basic beliefs of a religion; an idea or set of beliefs that guides the actions of a person or group. |
| decode | v. to find or understand the true or hidden meaning of something; to change (secret messages, documents) from a set of letters, numbers, and/or symbols you cannot understand into words you can understand. |
| creditor | n. a person, bank, or company that lends money to someone. |
| disgrace | v. to cause someone to feel ashamed; to cause someone or something to lose or become unworthy of respect or approval. |
| deprive | The doctor would never intentionally _______________ his patient of treatment. |
| credential | The job applicant listed his _______________ on his resume. |
| incredulous | I was ______________ as I listened to him tell his side of the story. |
| creed | Our family's ____________ has been passed down from several generations. |
| decline | Unfortunately, the patient's health began to ___________. |
| credible | The policeman interviewed a _____________ witness. |
| displace | Younger workers are hired to ___________ many older, more expensive employees. |
| decode | I was unable to _________ the message. |
| creditor | The college student borrowed money from a __________ to buy a car. |
| disgrace | The awful scandal was a _____________ to the governor's office. |