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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

solve

verb

Definition

to find an answer to

In a sentence

She solved the puzzle in minutes.

Similar words

  • resolve
  • figure out

Why this word matters: solve 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.