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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 3

censure

verb

Definition

to express severe disapproval of someone or something

In a sentence

The committee censured the senator for his remarks.

Similar words

  • condemn
  • criticize

Why this word matters: censure 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.