Contact and joining

Synonyms for extricate

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

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

The senseverbTier 4, High CampContact and joining

release from entanglement of difficulty

I cannot extricate myself from this task.

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

The true synonym

untangle

Same sentence, swapped: I cannot untangle myself from this task.

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 extricate as it is used in the sentence above.

unclog
excise
uproot

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