Communication

Synonyms for approve

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineCommunication

give sanction to

The board will approve the new budget at tomorrow's meeting.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

okay

Same sentence, swapped: The board will okay the new budget at tomorrow's meeting.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for approve as it is used in the sentence above.

disapprove
certificate
commission

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Closest first: other communication words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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