According to Raymond Treat, some comments should be made about the importance of identifying synonyms as a key to successful topical study. Once the synonyms (words having the same or nearly the same meaning) have been identified, the information about one word can be applied to its synonyms. Therefore, the information that can be obtained about a particular topic can be greatly expanded if synonyms for that topic can be identified. The following verses are good examples:
Now they, after being sanctified by the Holy Ghost, having their garments made white, being pure and spotless before God, could not look upon sin, save it were with abhorrence. (Alma 13:12)
And again, if ye, by the grace of God, are perfect in Christ, and deny not his power, then are ye sanctified in Christ by the grace of God, through the shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father, unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy without spot. (Moroni 10:33)
Each of these verses has four words which can be considered synonymous. In Alma 13:12 they are: "sanctified," "white," "pure," and "spotless." In Moroni 10:33 they are: "perfect," "sanctified," "holy" and "without spot." Because two of these words are used in both verses we end up with six synonymous words: sanctified, perfect, white, pure, spotless and holy. This list can be expanded by using other verses which have two or more synonyms. See if you can find evidence that the words "clean," "blameless" and "redeemed" belong to this list of synonyms. How many others can you find? [Raymond C. Treat, "Approaches to Studying the Book of Mormon," in Recent Book of Mormon Developments, p. 156]