People and roles
Synonyms for austere
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
practicing great self-denial
A desert nomad's austere life.
The true synonym
spartan
Same sentence, swapped: A desert nomad's spartan life.
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 austere as it is used in the sentence above.
- essential
- primary
- mere
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