Processes

Synonyms for hardening

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

The sensenounTier 4, High CampProcesses

the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

The hardening of concrete.

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The true synonym

set

Same sentence, swapped: The set of concrete.

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 hardening as it is used in the sentence above.

diffusion
filtration
constancy

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

sterileadjectiveuninspireddeficient in originality or creativityHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line perspirationnounsweatingthe process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluidHigh CampHas a reason line developmentnounevolutiona process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)Treeline2 senses dischargeverb, nouncompletecomplete or carry outTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line floweringnoununfoldinga developmental processRidgelineHas a reason line indisputableadjectiveincontestablenot open to questionHigh Camp2 senses ineptadjectiveawkwardnot elegant or graceful in expressionRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line inertianouninactivitya disposition to remain inactive or inertHigh CampHas a reason line

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