Communication

Synonyms for exaggerate

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

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

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineCommunication

to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

Tended to romanticize and exaggerate this 'gracious Old South' imagery.

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

The true synonym

amplify

Same sentence, swapped: Tended to romanticize and amplify this 'gracious Old South' imagery.

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 exaggerate as it is used in the sentence above.

deceive
sandbag
wrench

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