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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

tame

verb

Definition

to make less wild

In a sentence

The trainer tamed the horse over months.

Similar words

  • domesticate
  • train

Why this word matters: tame 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.