mistrust - SAT Word

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This word "mistrust" often comes up in the SAT. Of the choices below which is the closest in meaning?
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Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'mistrust':
  To regard without trust or confidence.
  To be wary, suspicious, or doubtful.
  Lack of trust or confidence arising from suspicion.

Synonyms of word 'mistrust' :
 misgiving
 suspect
 distrust
 distrust
 distrust
 distrustfulness
 suspicion

Antonym of word 'mistrust' :
  bank
  rely
  swear
  trust

Usage of the word 'mistrust' in Sentences :
  mistrust of official institutions affects attitudes to these issues.
  Perhaps the bruises of his childhood never healed enough for him to overcome a fundamental mistrust of his fellow human beings.
  mistrust on all sides '
  But the left was anyway deeply mistrusted - French Communists having been implicated in the colonial war.
  Tensions are high as the different races, religions and cultures seldom mix, breeding mistrust and fear of anything that is different.
  mistrust of government has now reached levels that even Downing Street must find alarming.
  Do we want to have fun, to make noise, to act on our growing mistrust?
  Measures to encourage future take-up must tackle the widespread mistrust which such households feel for many financial providers.
  mistrust of the people in power.
  There is a deep mistrust of British Gas management.
  mistrust of central authority win the day?
  What do you think of public mistrust of science?
  mistrust of the motives of those making it.
  There's a gentle but sharp humor at work here; their lifelong friendship only barely covers over a general mistrust.

Usage of the word 'mistrust' in popular media :
Washington Post   —
 a few months after the beijing games, a usa track and field-appointed committee chaired by carl lewis lambasted the olympic program in a scathing report. it decried the lack of professionalism among the athletes, the chaotic relay program and a "culture of mistrust" among coaches and athletes. .... read more ››

Wall Street Journal   —
 not all of the group's secular detractors have lost their mistrust of the brotherhood.... read more ››




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