Qualities

Synonyms for guise

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, RidgelineQualities

an artful or simulated semblance

Under the guise of friendship he betrayed them.

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

The true synonym

pretext

Same sentence, swapped: Under the pretext of friendship he betrayed them.

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 guise as it is used in the sentence above.

verisimilitude
effect
image

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

gulfnoundisconnectan unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)Ridgeline gutlessadjectivespinelesslacking courage or vitalityRidgelineHas a reason line gutsyadjectivepluckymarked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or dangerRidgeline hardyadjectivesturdyhaving rugged physical strengthRidgeline wrinkleverbcreasebecome wrinkled or crumpled or creasedRidgeline wrongadjectiveimpropernot appropriate for a purpose or occasionRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line wrongdoingnounmisconductactivity that transgresses moral or civil lawRidgelineHas a reason line wrongfuladjectiveunlawfulhaving no legally established claimRidgeline

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