The answer is <span>1. LESS is the comparative form </span>
<span>(It is the comparative of "little" and with "least" as the superlative) </span>
Answer:
having a damaged reputation
Explanation:
discredited means to lose your respectability.
Using context clues, why would the witness have left the courtroom in humiliation? It can't be because they have good judgment or that they were honorable. That leaves "sorrowful" and "having a damaged reputation." Having a damaged reputation is more tied to humiliation, but if you didn't pick up on that, credited means of respect and the opposite most closely means having a damaged rep.
The anecdote that introduces this topic, is the beginning sentence.
"When adolescence hit Frances Jensen's sons, she often found herself wondering, like all parents of teenagers, "What were you thinking?"
