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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 3

flocculent

adjective

Definition

resembling tufts of wool

In a sentence

Flocculent clouds drifted overhead.

Similar words

  • fluffy

Why this word matters: flocculent 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.