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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

taciturn

adjective

Definition

reserved in conversation

In a sentence

The taciturn neighbor rarely chatted.

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Why this word matters: taciturn 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.