Building vocabulary unit test use a sentence to answer the question members of the press were required to show their credentials before granted access to the media room one woman was turned away because she could not find the badge issued by her to her by her newspaper she worked for which phrase from the sentence provides the best clue to the meaning of credentials as it is used here members of the press before being granted access to the media room the badge issued to her by the newspaper one woman was turned away

The phrase "show their credentials before granted access" provides the best clue to the meaning of credentials as it is used here.