Events

Synonyms for watershed

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 CampEvents

an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend

The agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations.

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

The true synonym

landmark

Same sentence, swapped: The agreement was a landmark in the history of both nations.

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 watershed as it is used in the sentence above.

basin
divide
straits

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

providentialadjectivedivineresulting from divine providenceHigh Camp2 senses refinementnounelaborationthe result of improving somethingHigh CampHas a reason line remissionnounsubsidencean abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)High CampHas a reason line ringverb, nounknellmake (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edificationHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line contractionnouncompressionthe process or result of becoming smaller or pressed togetherRidgeline crackingnounsnapa sudden sharp noiseTreelineHas a reason line creationnounconceptionthe event that occurred at the beginning of somethingRidgeline rusticadjectiveagresticcharacteristic of the fields or countryHigh CampHas a reason line

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