Fake news/linguistics/BBC Flashcards
To entangle, to catch, as in a net
To enmesh
To happen or occur, esp. by chance or fate
To befall
Deep, serious
Profound
Define, substantial; clear enough or definite to be easily noticed or seen
Tangible (tangibly, tangibility)
A reward offered for increased productivity
Incentive
To make known by declaration, publish, proclaim formally
To promulgate
To have a powerful impact on smb, impress, generate an emotion
To give chills
Any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc, esp. the one held as true by members of a profession, group
Tenet
To separate things or people that are of high quality or ability from those that are not
To separate wheat from chaff
A blow given in return or retaliation, as in boxing
Counterpunch
To bring a result opposite to that which was planned or expected
To backfire
The desire to harm someone because you hate them or because of hostile impulse
Malice (malicious, maliciousness, maliciously)
The act of communicating to a third party false statements about sth
Defamation (to defame, defamatory)
To deal with a matter only in the most superficial way, initiate the briefest investigation
To scratch the surface
To put down or suppress completely
To quash
To understand the truth about sth or smb
To see through sth
To manage to spot smb or sth
To get an eyeball on sth
A symbol that represents the likelihood of a man-made catastrophe
Doomsday clock
To decrease in strenght
To wane
To be likely or liable to suffer, do or experience sth unpleasant or regrettable
To be prone to
A software application that is programmed to do certain tasks
Bot
To combine two or more things to form a single new thing
To conflate (conflation)
Take severe measures against smb or sth
To crack down
To suppress or prevent sth in an oppressive or harsh manner
To clamp down
