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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

trace

verb

Definition

to follow the course of

In a sentence

They traced the river to its source.

Similar words

  • follow
  • track

Why this word matters: trace 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.