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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

popular

adjective

Definition

liked by many people

In a sentence

The song became popular last summer.

Similar words

  • well-liked
  • favored

Why this word matters: popular 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.