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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

acclimatize

verb

Definition

to adjust to new conditions

In a sentence

Climbers must acclimatize to high altitude.

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Why this word matters: acclimatize 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.