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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

dingy

adjective

Definition

dirty and shabby

In a sentence

The room had a dingy carpet.

Similar words

  • dirty
  • shabby

Why this word matters: dingy 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.