Communication

Synonyms for clarification

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineCommunication

an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding

The professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook.

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

The true synonym

illumination

Same sentence, swapped: The professor's illumination helped her to understand the textbook.

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 clarification as it is used in the sentence above.

clearing
mistaking
reconstruction

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

mistakingnounmisunderstandingputting the wrong interpretation onRidgelineHas a reason line monotonousadjectiveflatsounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitchRidgeline mootadjectivedebatableopen to argument or debateRidgeline narrationnounrecitalthe act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of eventsRidgelineHas a reason line bragnouncrowan instance of boastful talkTreeline breathnounhintan indirect suggestionTreelineHas a reason line broadcastverbspreadcause to become widely knownTreeline blastverbshellcreate by using explosivesFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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