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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

detractor

noun

Definition

a critic

In a sentence

The detractors said the plan would fail.

Similar words

  • critic
  • opponent

Why this word matters: detractor 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.