ACT Vocabulary Test Online

This is a pure web app that evaluates your ACT vocabulary skills. The app has a built-in basic level ACT vocabulary of 1200 words, which can help you devise a vocabulary-building plan to prepare for the test.
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Before the ACT exam, students usually try to enhance their vocabulary as much as possible. Although ACT isn't a pure English test, three of them mainly rely on English skills. Like all English tests, you cannot expect to get a high score with poor vocabulary. Vocabulary is definitely the base for thinking, talking, reading, and writing, which is the foundation of any language skills. To build ACT vocabulary, you need to study first and then review known words to keep them warm.

This app, ACT Vocabulary Test Online, is a tool to help you build ACT vocabulary. Within modern education methodology, the app runs on random practice. It has a built-in set of more than 1000 ACT words, which are matched with the middle level of 12th-grade students and are highly useful in ACT papers.

The app needs to store your test data because its core features rely on results from previous practices. So you should sign up before any activities. ACT Vocabulary Test Online is free. You can use a generic examword.com account (email/access code) to sign in. If you don't have an account yet, creating one only takes a few minutes. Sign in and start to enjoy this fantastic web app!
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arable
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. The first settlers wrote home glowing reports of the New World, praising its vast acres of arable land ready for the plow.
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rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly
able to see differences; showing careful judgment or fine taste
massive; bulky; great in size
clear, transparent or bright; calm, untroubled, and without worry
fit for growing crops, as by plowing
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catharsis
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. Aristotle maintained that tragedy created a catharsis by purging the soul of base concepts.
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person who seeks to overturn established government; advocate of abolishing authority
act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation
slow gallop; moderate running pace of horse
quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
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clench
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. "Open wide," said the dentist, but Clint seemed to clench his teeth even more tightly than before.
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draw back or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from blow
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
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divergent
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. Since graduating from medical school, the two doctors have taken divergent paths, one going on to become a nationally prominent surgeon, the other dedicating himself to a small family practice in his home town.
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being without boundaries or limits; infinite; vast
weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; showing sorrow
comparable; similar or alike
differing; tending to move apart in different directions
leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
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fop
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. People who dismissed young Mizrahi as a fop felt chagrined when he turned into one of the top fashion designers of his day.
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minor quarrel; noisy quarrel, usually about a trivial matter
vain man; shallow pretender; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
act of coming or going out; emergence; right to leave; path or opening for going out
main impact or shock; main burden
raised platform for guests of honor
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imprudent
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. It is imprudent to exercise vigorously and become overheated when you are unwell.
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unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
lacking caution; injudicious; not attentive to consequence
able to float; cheerful and optimistic
occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
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intrepid
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. For her intrepid conduct nursing the wounded during the war, Florence Nightingale was honored by Queen Victoria.
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unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
massive; bulky; great in size
disagreeing, especially with a majority; rebellious
struck by shock, terror, or amazement
fearless; indicating or springing from courage
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outwit
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. By disguising himself as an old woman, Holmes was able to outwit his pursuers and escape capture.
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state without proof; assert to be true
outsmart; trick; beat through cleverness and wit
wear away or irritate by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; annoy; vex
disable or disqualify; deprive of capacity or natural power
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; discard as refuse
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predecessor
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. I hope I can live up to the fine example set by my late predecessor in this office.
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animals of a period or region
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
socially awkward or tactless act; foolish error, especially one made in public
chronological record of the events of successive years
former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather
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pseudonym
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Samuel Clemens' pseudonym was Mark Twain.
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component or part; citizen, voter
pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
offensive or insulting treatment
feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
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subservient
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. He was proud and dignified; he refused to be subservient to anyone.
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obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
disagreeable and contrary in dispositionn; mean or coarse
harmful to living things; injurious to health
insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
behaving like slave; subordinate in capacity or function
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vernal
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Bea basked in the balmy vernal breezes, happy that winter was coming to an end.
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outgoing and sociable; broad and extensive; able to increase in size
very precise and formal; exceedingly proper
unconventional in an artistic way
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
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