CONSPIRACY THEORY Flashcards
CONSPIRACY THEORY
Is a theory that explains an event or set of circumstances as the result of a secret plot by usually powerful conspirators, a secret of great importance is being kept from the public
PLOT
A secret plan made by a group of people to do something wrong or illegal
ESTIMATED
Roughly calculated or approximate
HYPOTHESES RANGE
An idea for something that is based on known facts but has not yet been proved
MONARCHY
System that has a queen or a king
PRESTOLONASLEDNIK
Heir to the throne
MI6
British secret intelligence
FARCE
A situation that is very badly organized or unfair
FIENDISH
Evil, cruel and unpleasant
ELABORATE
Containing a lot of careful detail or many detailed parts
HOAX
A plan to deceive someone, especially something unpleasant; a trick
Example: to tell the police there is a bomb where there’s not one
ELABORATE HOAX
Carefully prepared and organized attempt to make people believe something that isn’t true
BLISSFUL
Extremely or completely happy
INTRUSIONS
When someone goes into a place or situation where they are not wanted or expected to be
TO INVADE SOMEBODY’S PRIVACY
To stick your nose somewhere it doesn’t belong
SATELLITE
A device sent up in space to travel arount the Earth for collecting information or communicating
CONFERENCING
The activity of talking to people in different places using a phone or computer systems
HATCHED BY
To make a plan (secret plan)
TO BUY INTO SOMETHING
To completely believe in a set of ideas
FED UP
NAVELIČAN
Bored, annoyed, especially by something that you have experienced for too long
TO SUFFER
TRPETI
Experience or be subjected to something bad or unpleasant
Example: She suffered from a serious head trauma (head injurys.
PREDICT
To say an event or action will happen in the future, especially as a result of knowledge or experience
DEVISE
Plan or invent by a careful thought
INTERFERE
Intervene in a situation without invitation or necessity
CAR BRAKE
A device (a pedal) in a car that makes the car slow dowm or stop
TEMPERED
To make something less strong, extreme
Example: He has tempered the strong drink with water
ARBITRARY
Based on a chance reather than being planned or based on reason
MUNDANE
Very ordinary, therefor not interesting
BEARABLE
If an unpleasant situation is bearable, you can accept or deal with it
FEED THE GLOBAL PARANOIA
A web page that updates often to show the latest information, a strong tendency to feel that you cannot trust other people or that other people have a bad opinion of you
CIRCULATING RUMOURS
An unofficial interesting story or peace of news that might be true or invented, and quickly spreads from person to person
GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND
To make a large jump
To do something extraordinary (remarkable) for humanity
ASSERT
To say that something is certainly true
SPACE RACE
20th-century competition between USSR and USA to achive superior spaceflight capability
HIGH POINT
The best part of an experience
ALLEGED
Said or thought by some people to be the stated bad or illegal thing, although you have no proof
STAGED IN THE FILM STUDIO
To arrange and preform a play or show
PLANTED ON THE SURFACE
To put something firmly and strongly in a particular olace
FLUTTERING
To make a series of quick delicate movements from side to side
BREEZE
Light and pleasant wind
ARRAY
A large number of products of a similar type
NEVERJETEN PRIZOR ZVEZD NA NEBU
A stunning array of stars on view
LIGHT SOURCE
A place something comes from or starts at, the cause of light
TELL-TALE
Gives away information often about something bad, that would otherwise not be noticed
Example: Only occasionally did the tell-tale redness around his eyes betray the fatigue that he was suffering
ALIEN LIFE FORCE
Coming form a different planet, country, race or group
A FILM PROP
An object that helps actors to perform
COUNTER-THEORY
A contrasting theory put forward as a response to another theory
UNANIMOUSLY
Is a way that is agreed or supported by everyone in a group
TO BE SUBJECTED
To cause to experience, undergo, or be acted upon
Example: The rocks were subjected to repeated geological testing
GEOLOGICAL
Relating to geology
ANALYSIS
To examine something
MILLENNIA
A period of thousand of years
WIDESPREAD EVIDENCE
Existing or happening in many places or among many people
CONCEAL FROM THE PUBLIC
To prevent something from being seen or known about
EXHIBITION
A public display of works of art or items of interest
AN ARGUMENT
An exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one
DOMISLITI
To think up
PRIPRAVITI, NAREDITI
To set up
OD DO
range from
PRETVARJATI SE
To fake
UMEŠAVATI SE (NA SLAB NAČIN)
To be tempered with
IZVEDETI
Feed the paranoia
IZPOSTAVLJEN
To be subjected to
SKRITI PRED
To conceal from
RAZKRINKATI
Debunking
GROZOVITA DEJANJA
Horrendous deed
