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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

boast

verb

Definition

to talk about oneself with too much pride

In a sentence

He boasted about his perfect score.

Similar words

  • brag
  • crow

Why this word matters: boast 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.