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Going against the grain & Ha-Ha

Going against the grain & Ha-Ha. Week 3. Going Against the Grain. debunk ( dih BUNK). to expose the falseness of Many years ago, Galileo helped to debunk the myth that the world was flat. deleterious (del uh TEER ee us). having a harmful effect; injurious

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Going against the grain & Ha-Ha

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  1. Going against the grain & Ha-Ha Week 3

  2. Going Against the Grain

  3. debunk (dih BUNK) • to expose the falseness of • Many years ago, Galileo helped to debunk the myth that the world was flat.

  4. deleterious (del uh TEER ee us) • having a harmful effect; injurious • Although it seems unlikely, taking too many vitamins can actually have a deleterious effect on your health.

  5. disingenuous (dis in JEN yoo us) • not straightforward; crafty • Gelman was rather disingenuous; although he seemed to be simply asking about your health, he was really trying to figure out how many days you’d been absent.

  6. disparate (DIS puh rut) • fundamentally distinct or different • All of the many disparate members of the alliance were unable to agree on many things.

  7. fabricated (FAB ruhkait id) • made; concocted in order to deceive • Lars fabricated the story to make it seem as though he was honest and upright when, in fact, nothing could be further from the truth.

  8. recalcitrant (ruh KAL sihtrunt) • defiant of authority; stubborn; not easily managed • Kent was a recalcitrant student who wouldn’t do anything his teachers told him to do.

  9. spurious (SPER ee us) • not genuine; false • The ad for White-O toothpaste made a spurious claim when it said it could whiten your teeth, clean your oven, and wash your car at the same time.

  10. capricious (kuh PREE shus) • impulsive and unpredictable • My capricious purchase of the lime-green dress turned out to be a big mistake; I hated it upon closer inspection.

  11. Ha-Ha

  12. wry (RYE) • dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony • His sense of humor was very wry; in fact, sometimes you couldn’t tell if he was kidding or not.

  13. lampoon (n) or (v) (lam POON) • a broad satirical piece; or to broadly satire • Saturday Night Live is famous for the way it lampoons people in the news.

  14. parody (PAIR uh dee) • an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect • Saturday Night Live is also famous for its parodies of popular movies.

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