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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

perceive

verb

Definition

to become aware or conscious of something

In a sentence

I did not perceive any change in his attitude.

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Why this word matters: perceive 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.