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Synonyms for perilous

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineActions

fraught with danger

A perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.

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

The true synonym

precarious

Same sentence, swapped: A precarious voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.

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 perilous as it is used in the sentence above.

menacing
alarming
unhealthy

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Closest first: other actions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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