credulous

Day 24Level 2

KREH-juh-luhs

gullible

willing to trust too eagerly; gullible

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

naïve

Antonyms:

suspicious, skeptical

Example Sentence:

One of the country's largest consultancy firms, was found guilty of duping credulous shareholders.

Related Words

endure, remain

uh-BAHYD

to endure; to remain

hostility

aan-TIH-puh-thee

hostility; a strong feeling of dislike

contradict

bih-LYE

to give a false impression of ; to misrepresent

blunt

bruhsk

rough and abrupt in manner

frank

KAAN-did

frank; honest in speech

council

KAW-kuhs

a group of people of similar interests in an organization