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Synonyms for vicissitude

The synonym for vicissitude recorded in this bank is reversal, in the sense "a change of circumstance or fortune, typically an unwelcome one in a sequence of such changes". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line

The synonym for vicissitude

reversalnoun, in the sense "a change of circumstance or fortune, typically an unwelcome one in a sequence of such changes"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for vicissitude.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineChange

a change of circumstance or fortune, typically an unwelcome one in a sequence of such changes

Despite every vicissitude of fortune, she never touched her retirement savings.

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The true synonym

reversal

Same sentence, swapped: Despite every reversal of fortune, she never touched her retirement savings.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

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Where vicissitude turns up in the game

vicissitude is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play vicissitude

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so vicissitude reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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