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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

blunt

adjective

Definition

not sharp; speaking plainly

In a sentence

He gave a blunt answer.

Similar words

  • dull
  • direct

Why this word matters: blunt 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.