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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

abide

verb

Definition

to accept or follow a decision

In a sentence

You must abide by the rules.

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Why this word matters: abide appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.