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Synonyms for blot

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineActions

an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

He made a huge blot on his copybook.

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

The true synonym

spot

Same sentence, swapped: He made a huge spot on his copybook.

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 blot as it is used in the sentence above.

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

warringadjectivemilitantengaged in warRidgeline wasteverb, noundesolatecause extensive destruction or ruin utterlyRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line whipnounlasha quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike objectRidgelineHas a reason line wrongadjectiveimpropernot appropriate for a purpose or occasionRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line closurenounclosingtermination of operationsTreelineHas a reason line coastnounslidethe act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with itFoothillsHas a reason line collarnouncatchthe act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)Treeline2 sensesHas a reason line spinenounbackbonethe part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelvedRidgeline

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