Events

Synonyms for refinement

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 CampEvents

the result of improving something

He described a refinement of this technique.

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

The true synonym

elaboration

Same sentence, swapped: He described a elaboration of this 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 refinement as it is used in the sentence above.

purification
subtlety
preservation

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

ringverb, nounknellmake (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edificationHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line watershednounlandmarkan event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments dependHigh Camp ceremonynounobservancea formal event performed on a special occasionHigh CampHas a reason line deathnounexpirythe event of dying or departure from lifeHigh Camp outburstnounbursta sudden intense happeningRidgelineHas a reason line passingnoungoingeuphemistic expressions for deathFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line pitynounshamean unfortunate developmentFoothillsHas a reason line regulateverborderbring into conformity with rules or principles or usageRidgeline2 senses

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