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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 3

barometer

noun

Definition

an instrument that measures air pressure

In a sentence

A falling barometer often signals a storm.

Similar words

  • pressure gauge

Why this word matters: barometer 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.