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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

naive

adjective

Definition

showing a lack of experience or judgment

In a sentence

It was naive of him to trust the salesman.

Similar words

  • innocent
  • inexperienced

Related vocabulary

Why this word matters: naive 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.