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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

ingenious

adjective

Definition

clever, original, and inventive

In a sentence

She came up with an ingenious solution.

Similar words

  • clever
  • inventive

Why this word matters: ingenious 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.