Qualities
Synonyms for pungent
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
strong and sharp
The pungent taste of radishes.
The true synonym
acrid
Same sentence, swapped: The acrid taste of radishes.
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 pungent as it is used in the sentence above.
- nipping
- witty
- sarcastic
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