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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

novel

adjective

Definition

new, original, or unusual

In a sentence

She had a novel approach to the problem.

Similar words

  • new
  • original

Why this word matters: novel 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.