Chapter 10 Word List
Terms
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- Credibility
- the quality of being believable or trustworthy
- Confidant
- someone to whom private matters are confided
- Delude
- be false to
- Deviate
- a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- Fidelity
- accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal
- Nonchalant
- marked by blithe unconcern
- Idioms
- words and phrases that mean something different from the literal meanings of the words
- Acrophobia
- a morbid fear of great heights
- creed
- any system of principles or beliefs
- Claustrophobia
- a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space
- Verify
- confirm the truth of
- Noncommittal
- very reluctant to give out information
- Xenophobia
- an irrational fear of foreigners or strangers
- Discredit
- the state of being held in low esteem
- Veracity
- unwillingness to tell lies
- Defiant
- boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
- Veritable
- not counterfeit or copied
- Destitute
- poor enough to need help from others
- Nondescript
- a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
- Creed
- any system of principles or beliefs