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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 3

exodus

noun

Definition

a mass departure of people

In a sentence

The drought caused an exodus from the farmlands.

Similar words

  • departure
  • migration

Why this word matters: exodus 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.