Contact and joining
Synonyms for buff
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
polish and make shiny
Buff my shoes.
The true synonym
burnish
Same sentence, swapped: Burnish my shoes.
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 buff as it is used in the sentence above.
- hound
- advocate
- crank
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Closest first: other contact and joining words at Summit, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
eraseverbeffaceremove by or as if by rubbing or erasingSummitjoinverbconjoinmake contact or come togetherSummitpervasiveadjectivepermeatingspreading or spread throughoutSummitpropellantadjectivepropulsivetending to or capable of propellingSummitdignoun, verbjabthe act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbowTreeline2 sensesHas a reason linedipverbplungeimmerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturateRidgelineHas a reason linedisengageverbwithdrawrelease from something that holds fast, connects, or entanglesRidgelinedropverb, noundischargeremove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leaveTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line
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