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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 3

buoy

noun

Definition

a floating marker in water

In a sentence

The buoy bobbed in the harbor.

Similar words

  • float
  • marker

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Why this word matters: buoy 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.