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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

conspire

verb

Definition

to make secret plans to do something wrong

In a sentence

They conspired to steal the formula.

Similar words

  • plot
  • scheme

Why this word matters: conspire 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.