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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

anchor

verb

Definition

to fix firmly in place

In a sentence

They anchored the tent against the wind.

Similar words

  • fix
  • secure

Why this word matters: anchor 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.