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discovery (dis KUH vir ee) n. 1. finding out about, seeing, or knowing about 83
first; 2. making famous; bringing to the public’s attention; 3. pretrial procedures for
compelling the disclosure of certain facts
• Jonas Salk’s discovery of a vaccine against polio put an end to the most
feared infectious disease of the twentieth century.
• The discovery of Lana Turner in Schwab’s drug store in Los Angeles is the
stuff of which fairy tales are made.
• All the evidence the prosecution has must be revealed to the defense dur-
ing the discovery process.
[discoveries pl.] [Syn. learning]
discredit* (dis KRED it) vt. 1. to reject as not true; to disbelieve; 2. to be a cause
for disbelief or distrust; to cast doubt on; 3. to damage the reputation or credibility
of; disgrace
• The authorities discredited Marsha’s story about how she was abducted by
little green creatures in a flying saucer.
• The fact that he had been caught lying in three previous incidents discredited
any further testimony he would give.
• The story of how he had turned and run in a previous emergency discredited
his standing as a local hero.
[-ed, -ing]

QUICK REVIEW #27
Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.
1. determine a. reduction
2. detract b. learning
3. development c. grimy
4. diagnosis d. dissonant
5. digression e. doubt

6. dingy f. lecture
7. discern g. disparage
8. discordant h. straying
9. discount i. analysis
10. discourse j. decide
11. discovery k. distinguish
12. discredit l. expansion