JAMB - English Language (1995 - No. 63)
Fill in the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
The panel's ...... was stretched to the limit by what they heard.
The panel's ...... was stretched to the limit by what they heard.
credit
credence
credibility
credulity
Forklaring
Credulity means a willingness to believe things too easily. Saying their credulity was stretched means that they were being asked to believe something so unbelievable that even their usual readiness to believe was challenged.
Credibility, however, refers to how believable or trustworthy someone or something is, not about someone's personal capacity to believe.