Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for vigilance

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

the process of paying close and continuous attention

Vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue.

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

The true synonym

alertness

Same sentence, swapped: Alertness is especially susceptible to fatigue.

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 vigilance as it is used in the sentence above.

immersion
tout
prudence

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