Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for dark

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

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective · Reason line included

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampThinking and knowing

lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

A dark age in the history of education.

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

The true synonym

benighted

Same sentence, swapped: A benighted age in the history of education.

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 dark as it is used in the sentence above.

blue
black
secret

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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

ilknounlikea kind of personHigh Camp inexperiencenounrawnesslack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experienceHigh CampHas a reason line insensibleadjectivesenselessunresponsive to stimulationHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line learnedadjectiveeruditehaving or showing profound knowledgeHigh CampHas a reason line gradenounlevela position on a scale of intensity or amount or qualityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line graspnoungripan intellectual hold or understandingTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line griefnounsorrowsomething that causes great unhappinessTreeline overloadverboverchargeplace too much a load onHigh CampHas a reason line

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