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no fatigue

• indefatigable: unable to be fatigued (literally)

  • indefatigability (noun)

how simple can one be?

• ingenuous: frank, open, artless (complementary)

  • ingenuousness (noun)

• ingenious: shrewd, clever, inventive

  • ingenuity or ingeniousness (noun)

• naive: they have not learned the ways of the world

  • naivete (noun)

• credulous: a willingness to believe almost anything, no matter how fantastic.

• credulity: like naivete, usually results, again from ignorance or inexperience, or perhaps from an inability that human beings are capable of lying.

• gullible: easily tricked, easily fooled, easily imposed one

  • it is a stronger word than stupidity than from ignorance or inexperience.

Distinction:

• ingenuous: frank, not given to concealment

• naive: inexperienced, unsophisticated, trusting

• credulous: willing to believe; not suspicious or skeptical.

• gullible: easily tricked

belief and disbelief

latin root : [credo (to believe)]

• credulous: full of believeness [credo + -ous(full of)]

• credit:

• credible: which can be believed

• incredulous attitude: an attitude of skepticism, of non-belief

• incredible story: one that cannot be believed

• incredible characters: persons who are so unique that you can scarcely believe they exist.

Nouns:

• credulity

• incredulity

• credibility

• incredibility

what people believe in : [credo (to believe)]

1. credo: person belief, code of ethics; the principles by which people guide their action.

2. creed: a close synonym of credo; in addition, a religious belief, such as catholicism, judaism, protestantism, hinduism, etc.

3. credence: belief

   eg: I place no credence in his stories.

   why should I give any credence to what you say.

4. credentials: a document or documents proving a person's right to a title or privilege (i.e, a right to be believed)

   eg: the new ambassador presented his credentials to the state department.

heads and tails

• disingenuous: crafty, cunning, dishonest, artful, insincere, untrustworthy - and they are all of these while making a pretense of being simple, frank, and aboveboard.

  • disingenuousness (noun)

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Helping Words

• expedient:

  • (adj): (of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral.

  • (n): a means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but possibly improper or immoral.

• reservoir: (जलाशय) a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.