Fake News "Ali Veshi" video vocab March 2025

purveyor

one who sells something or causes something to spread

delegitimize

to diminish or destroy the legitimacy, prestige, or authority of

salacious

obscene; lustful

abject

(adj.) in the maximum degree; complete and unrelieved

infrastructure

the basic framework of a building or a system

discern

to differentiate between two or more things

abound

to be plentiful

debunking

exposing false claims or myths

epitome

The best or most typical example

veracity

truthfulness

exponentially

Extremely rapid increase.

rigorous

(adj.) severe, harsh, strict;

perpetrate

carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action)

obscure

difficult to see, vague

impeding

hindering

sow

plant or scatter seed

inadvertently

unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly

elite

the choice members or best of a group

"throw the baby out with the bath water"

Eliminate something good while discarding the bad parts of something

"when did you stop beating your wife"

This is an example of a loaded question which contains a controversial or unjustified assumption.