Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for probe

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

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineThinking and knowing

an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

There was a congressional probe into the scandal.

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

The true synonym

investigation

Same sentence, swapped: There was a congressional investigation into the scandal.

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 probe as it is used in the sentence above.

poll
experiment
poke

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

illusionnounfancysomething many people believe that is falseTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line imagenounprototypea standard or typical exampleTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line interpretverbseemake sense ofTreelineHas a reason line intuitionnounsuspicionan impression that something might be the caseTreelineHas a reason line markverbnoticenotice or perceiveFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line matternounissuesome situation or event that is thought aboutFoothillsHas a reason line meaningadjective, nounpregnantrich in significance or implicationFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line transportationnounexilethe act of expelling a person from their native landTreelineHas a reason line

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