Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for proclivity

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

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

The sensenounTier 4, High CampThinking and knowing

a natural inclination

He has a proclivity for exaggeration.

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

The true synonym

leaning

Same sentence, swapped: He has a leaning for exaggeration.

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 proclivity as it is used in the sentence above.

favouritism
impartiality
disfavor

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