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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

gleeful

adjective

Definition

full of high-spirited delight

In a sentence

The children were gleeful at the party.

Similar words

  • joyful
  • delighted

Related vocabulary

Why this word matters: gleeful 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.