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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

fatuous

adjective

Definition

silly and pointless

In a sentence

His fatuous comment annoyed everyone.

Similar words

  • silly
  • foolish

Why this word matters: fatuous 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.