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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 3

trajectory

noun

Definition

the path of an object in motion

In a sentence

They calculated the rocket's trajectory.

Similar words

  • path
  • course

Why this word matters: trajectory 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.