concocts
Invents from scratch
Concocts means to make something by combining various ingredients or elements.
The word most often applies to food or drink preparation, especially when the mixture is unusual or improvised: She concocts a smoothie from whatever's in the fridge.
It extends naturally to creating stories, excuses, or schemes, often with a suggestion of fabrication or deception: He concocted an elaborate alibi.
The noun form is concoction.
Storyline or land parcel
- deviseCreate through ingenuity
- machinationCrafty scheming, often hostile
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
ploy · ruse · subterfuge · mastermind · cunning · manipulate · scheme · fabricate
Steeped or fermented drink
- cauldronLarge metal cooking pot
- elixirMythical healing draught
- alchemyMystical metal transformation
- herbsPlants for seasoning
infusion · mixture · witchcraft · sorcery · tincture · apothecary · ingredients · steep
plot
Storyline or land parcel
- deviseCreate through ingenuity
- machinationCrafty scheming, often hostile
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
conspiracy · ploy · ruse · subterfuge · mastermind · cunning · manipulate · scheme · fabricate · alibi
brew
Steeped or fermented drink
herbs · infusion · mixture · witchcraft · sorcery · tincture · apothecary · ingredients · steep · boil
recipe
Cooking preparation instructions
prepare · ingredients · combine · stir · cook · assemble · sauce · dish · improvise · seasoning
devise
Create through ingenuity
imagine · story · tale · excuse · fiction · narrative · scenario · theory · explanation · originate
concoctsdiscovers
Finds something previously unknown
uncovers · finds · detects · stumbles upon · comes across
concoctsreports
Formal written findings
recounts · documents · verifies · discloses · substantiates
concoctsdestroys
Causes complete ruin
dismantles · demolishes · ruins · undoes · deconstructs
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