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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

convoluted

adjective

Definition

extremely complex and difficult to follow

In a sentence

The plot of the novel is famously convoluted.

Similar words

  • complex
  • tangled

Why this word matters: convoluted 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.