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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

exhilarate

verb

Definition

to make very happy and excited

In a sentence

The roller coaster exhilarated the riders.

Similar words

  • excite
  • thrill

Why this word matters: exhilarate 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.