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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

beneficial

adjective

Definition

producing a good or helpful result

In a sentence

Reading every day is beneficial for vocabulary growth.

Similar words

  • helpful
  • advantageous

Why this word matters: beneficial 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.