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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 3

abrasion

noun

Definition

a scrape on the skin

In a sentence

He cleaned the abrasion on his knee.

Similar words

  • scrape
  • graze

Why this word matters: abrasion 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.