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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

impervious

adjective

Definition

unable to be affected by something

In a sentence

This jacket is impervious to rain.

Similar words

  • resistant
  • immune

Why this word matters: impervious 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.