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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

public

adjective

Definition

open to all

In a sentence

The library is a public space.

Similar words

  • common
  • communal

Why this word matters: public 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.