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Synonyms for brighten
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
make more cheerful through the use of color
The paint will brighten the room.
The true synonym
lighten
Same sentence, swapped: The paint will lighten the room.
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 brighten as it is used in the sentence above.
- clear
- darken
- reconstruct
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