If the Latin root plaudere means “to applaud,” which bolded word means “able to be applauded” or “worthy of belief”?

Question

The jury members were insulted by the suggestion that they were pliable.

The park was overrun by a plethora of pigeons.

The shirt was hard to iron because it was pleated.

It wasn’t plausible that the vase broke by itself.

Answer 1

The bolded word that means “able to be applauded” or “worthy of belief” is plausible.