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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

desiccate

verb

Definition

to dry out

In a sentence

The drought desiccated the soil.

Similar words

  • dry
  • dehydrate

Related vocabulary

Why this word matters: desiccate 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.