Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for study

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

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)

No schools offer graduate study in interior design.

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

The true synonym

work

Same sentence, swapped: No schools offer graduate work in interior design.

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 study as it is used in the sentence above.

field
report
transfer

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

aliveadjectiveawakementally perceptive and responsiveFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line apologynounexcusea poor exampleFoothillsHas a reason line arrangeverbputarrange thoughts, ideas, temporal eventsFoothills assumeverbtaketake on a certain form, attribute, or aspectFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line pestilencenouncankera pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid ofHigh Camp picturenounimpressiona clear and telling mental imageFoothills2 senses plannoun, verbdesignan arrangement schemeFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line hearverblistenlisten and pay attentionFoothillsHas a reason line

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