Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for proficiency

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

skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity

Practice greatly improves proficiency.

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

The true synonym

technique

Same sentence, swapped: Practice greatly improves technique.

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 proficiency as it is used in the sentence above.

versatility
fluency
seasoning

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

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