candid
KAN-didadjMeaning open and honest in what one says
Memory hook CAN + DID: I CAN tell what I DID. “I did it. I broke the vase,” says Pip, before anyone even asks. He can tell what he did: he is candid.
In a candid interview, the coach admitted the team had played badly.
In context Rather than make excuses, Pip was candid: he told his mother exactly how the vase had broken and offered to pay for a new one from his allowance.
Similar frank, honest, open, forthright
Opposite guarded, evasive, deceitful
From Latin candidus, “white, pure,” related to candle: a candid answer has nothing hidden in the shadows.