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Synonyms for waxy
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
having the paleness of wax
A thin face with a waxy paleness.
The true synonym
waxen
Same sentence, swapped: A thin face with a waxen paleness.
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 waxy as it is used in the sentence above.
- pliable
- pliant
- impressionable
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