BOOST YOUR VOCABULARY - CAM 19 TEST 1 - PASSAGE 3

Verify

check, confirm, make sure

Widespread

common, everywhere, general

Falsehood

lie, untruth, fake information

Deliberately

on purpose, intentionally, knowingly

Promote

encouraged, supported, helped

Inevitable

certain, unavoidable, bound to happen

Roughly

approximately, about, nearly

Verbal

spoken, using words, oral

Deceive

trick, fool, mislead

Apparent

clear, obvious, seeming

Strategic

planned, clever, helpful for achieving a goal

Inadvertently

accidentally, without realizing, by mistake

Inaccurate

wrong, incorrect, false

Enable

allow, make possible, let

Distribute

spread out, shared, given to many people

Loom

appear, seem, threaten

Mean

way, method, tool

Facilitate

made easier, helped, supported

Worry

concern, fear, anxiety

Potential

possible, likely, promising

Unduly

too much, excessively, unfairly

Influence

affect, change, impact

Inform

tell, give information, report

Suggest

say, propose, recommend

Research

study, investigation, scientific work

Misperception

wrong idea, misunderstanding, false belief

Belief

opinion, thought, idea

Detrimental

harmful, damaging, bad

Downstream

later, following, resulting

Consequence

results, effects, outcomes

Harmony

peace, agreement, good relations

Political

government, relating to politics, party

Climate

atmosphere, situation, environment

Contemporary

modern, current, present-day

Mass-media

news, media, broadcasting

Warrant

deserve, need, require

Policy-maker

someone who decides what an organization’s or government’s policies will be

Encounter

meet, find, come across

Initially

at first, in the beginning, originally

Electronic

digital, computer, online

Block

stop, prevent, ban

Exposure

seeing, hearing, being aware of

Resource-intensive

needing a lot of effort, expensive, difficult

Tremendous

huge, great, enormous

Subsequent

following, later, after

Label

classify, identify, categorize

Garner

receive, attract, earn

Philosophical

thinking about ideas, about knowledge, about the meaning of life

Dilemma

problem, difficult situation, choice

Neatly

clearly, simply, easily

Summarize

explain briefly, describe in short, tell in a few words

Contrast

difference, opposite, comparison

Engagement

involvement, connection, interaction

Conflicting

disagreeing, opposite, different

Prediction

guess, forecast, estimate

Empirically

using evidence, through experiments, by testing

Robust

strong, reliable, accurate

Reject

disagree with, refuse, deny

Considering

thinking about, looking at, examining

Encounter

meet, find, come across

Default

automatically, by itself, without thinking

Subsequently

later, afterwards, after that

Cognitive

mental, thinking, related to the mind

Empirical

based on evidence, from experiments, real-world

Encode

store, remember, put into the brain

Momentarily

for a short time, briefly, for a moment

Consistent with

matching, similar to, agreeing

Skepticism

doubt, questioning, not believing easily

Reside in

live in, exist, be located

Perceive

see, notice, understand

Preemptively

beforehand, in advance, before it happens

Regulatory

controlling, governing, rule-making

Post hoc

after the fact, afterwards, after it happened

Detection

finding, discovering, noticing

Considerable

a lot of, much, significant

Monitor

watch, check, observe

Notification

telling, informing, warning

Censor

block, ban, remove

Oversee

supervise, manage, control

Direct-to-consumer

selling directly to customers, without a store

Prescription

medicine, drugs, pills

Advertise

commercials, marketing, promotion

Mechanism

ways, methods, systems

Apparent

clear, obvious, seeming

Violation

breaking, going against, disobeying

Guideline

rule, instruction, advice

Laudable

praiseworthy, good, admirable

Airwave

radio, television, broadcasting

Rhetorically

using words effectively, persuasively, with style

Compelling

convincing, strong, powerful

Accomplish

achieve, do, complete

Reach

audience, people who see or hear something

Frequency

how often, how many times

Persuasive

convincing, making people believe, influencing

Present

express, explain, put into words

Accessible

easy to understand, clear, simple

Sensitize

make aware, teach, educate

Utility

usefulness, value, benefit

Literacy

ability to read and write, knowledge

Journalists

reporters, writers, news people