Key Vocabulary for Critical Thinking and Evaluation in Academic Contexts

Implemented

to carry through by putting into practice or policy

Dubious

suspect, doubtful

Veracity

truthfulness, correctness

Catapulted

to move or appear suddenly or to have moved or to have appeared suddenly (past tense)

Entails

involves or is a part of something

Misled

to have had the wrong idea about something

Assess

to test or evaluate If you encounter a story that does not seem possible,

Credible

convincing, reasonable, likely

Reliable

dependable

Surfacing

coming up, emerging, showing up

Confronting

facing up to someone or something

Technology companies like Facebook and Google

Snippet

a small piece or excerpt

Consensus

complete 100 percent agreement

Pre-existing Biases

views and perspectives that people bring to a situation

or before considering a new piece of information