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Social life: synonyms worth the distinction

These verbs describe what people do in company: attending, admitting, applying, assembling. Most of them have a second life in bureaucratic English, and the sentence is what tells you which life is meant.

75 words · 78 audited pairs · 5 of 5 tiers represented

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actverbmoveperform an action, or work out or perform (an action)FoothillsHas a reason line assembleverbgatherget people togetherTreelineHas a reason line applyverbpracticeavail oneself toFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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FoothillsTier 1 · everyday words · 26 words

Words you already use, paired with a synonym you probably also know.

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TreelineTier 2 · one step up · 22 words

Familiar words, with a synonym that sits slightly outside daily speech.

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High CampTier 4 · testing · 10 words

Words that turn up in serious reading rather than in conversation.

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SummitTier 5 · rare and formal · 2 words

The rare register: literary, legal and technical English.

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