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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 3

indigenous

adjective

Definition

originating naturally in a particular place; native

In a sentence

The kiwi is indigenous to New Zealand.

Similar words

  • native
  • original

Why this word matters: indigenous 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.