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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

border

noun

Definition

a line dividing two areas

In a sentence

The river marks the border between the two states.

Similar words

  • edge
  • boundary

Why this word matters: border 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.