Nature

Synonyms for porous

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

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampNature

allowing passage in and out

Our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous.

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

The true synonym

holey

Same sentence, swapped: Our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very holey.

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 porous as it is used in the sentence above.

spongy
weepy
runny

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

moonlitadjectivemoonylighted by moonlightHigh Camp needfuladjectiveneedednecessary for relief or supplyHigh Camp puffyadjectivegustyblowing in puffs or short intermittent blastsHigh CampHas a reason line pulpnounmushany soft or soggy massRidgelineHas a reason line radiantadjectivebeamingradiating or as if radiating lightRidgeline rejuvenationnoungreeningthe phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restoredHigh CampHas a reason line stodgyadjectivestuffyexcessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dullHigh CampHas a reason line stoopverbcondescenddebase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable wayHigh CampHas a reason line

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