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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 3

asylum

noun

Definition

protection given by a country

In a sentence

The refugee was granted asylum.

Similar words

  • refuge
  • shelter

Why this word matters: asylum 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.