Perception

Synonyms for glean

The synonym for glean recorded in this bank is infer, in the sense "to find out or deduce information from indirect evidence". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line

The synonym for glean

inferverb, in the sense "to find out or deduce information from indirect evidence"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and glean carries one sense so far.

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelinePerception

to find out or deduce information from indirect evidence

Skilled interviewers can glean a great deal from a person's tone of voice alone.

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The true synonym

infer

Same sentence, swapped: Skilled interviewers can infer a great deal from a person's tone of voice alone.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

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Where glean turns up in the game

glean is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play glean

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so glean reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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

perceptibleadjectivediscernibleable to be noticed or detected by the sensesRidgelineHas a reason line perceptiveadjectiveacutequick to notice or understand things; showing keen insightRidgelineHas a reason line sniffverbwhiffperceive by inhaling through the noseRidgelineHas a reason line unmistakablyadverbunequivocallyin a way that cannot be doubted, confused, or mistaken for anything elseRidgelineHas a reason line palatableadjectivetolerableacceptable or agreeable to the tasteTreelineHas a reason line perceiveverbcomprehendto become aware of through the sensesRidgelineHas a reason line approvedadjectivesanctionedestablished by authorityRidgeline approximateadjectiveroughnot quite exact or correctRidgelineHas a reason line

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