Multiple choice

Directions: Choose appropriate meaning of the words in bold as per their contextual use.

His credulous parents believed any story he made up about his whereabouts after school.

  1. shrewd

  2. trusting

  3. suspecting

  4. gentle
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Credulous means having or showing too great a readiness to believe things - gullible or trusting. The parents believed his stories without questioning. Shrewd means clever, suspecting is the opposite, and gentle is unrelated to belief.

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