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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

inspire

verb

Definition

to fill with motivation

In a sentence

Her speech inspired the team.

Similar words

  • motivate
  • encourage

Why this word matters: inspire 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.