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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

furor

noun

Definition

public outcry

In a sentence

Her statement caused a furor.

Similar words

  • uproar
  • commotion

Related vocabulary

Why this word matters: furor 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.