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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 3

cornea

noun

Definition

the clear front layer of the eye

In a sentence

The cornea protects the lens.

Why this word matters: cornea 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.