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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abortive
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. They warmed themselves beside these great hearthfires; they tried their powers in abortive creations, in work laid aside and taken up again with new glow of enthusiasm.atize Beijing peacefully.
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unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless
displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
in disrepair, run down; of very poor quality or condition
worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
huge; of a tremendous size, volume, degree
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belated
 
 
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a.  E.g. He apologized for his belated note of condolence to the widow of his friend and explained that he had just learned of her husband's untimely death.
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firmly or constant loyal; fixed or unchanging
timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
having been delayed; done or sent too late
felt in one's inner organs; obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
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clapper
 
 
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n.  E.g. Wishing to be undisturbed by the bell, Dale wound his scarf around the clapper to muffle the noise of its striking.
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metal striker that hangs inside bell and makes sound by hitting side; someone who applauds
feeling of lack of interest or energy; depression
convenient features; courtesies
mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly
downward slope, as of a hill
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deviate
 
 
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v.  E.g. Richard did not deviate from his daily routine: every day he set off for work at eight o'clock, had his sack lunch at 12:15, and headed home at the stroke of five.
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sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support
degrade; debase, as in dignity or social standing
turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge
mislead; delude; deceive by guile
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enormity
 
 
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n.  E.g. He did not realize the enormity of his crime until he saw what suffering he had caused.
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who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who acts in a practical or straightforward manner
hugeness in a bad sense; act of extreme evil or wickedness
standstill resulting from opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain
yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
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hubris
 
 
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n.  E.g. Nathan's hubris spurred him to do things that many considered insensitive.
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fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
contrast; direct contrast; opposition
pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
excessive pride or self-confidence
long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface
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lackluster
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. We were disappointed by the lackluster performance.
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unclear or doubtful in meaning
surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits; superior
burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
dull; lacking luster or shine
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mischance
 
 
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n.  E.g. By mischance, he lost his week's salary.
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flowing into; mass arrival or incoming
unfortunate occurrence; mishap; bad luck
trick; any distracting or deceptive maneuver
something that holds back or causes problems with something else; obstacle
concave cut into a surface or edge; small hollow or depression
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pathos
 
 
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n.  E.g. The quiet tone of pathos that ran through the novel never degenerated into the maudlin or the overly sentimental.
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raised platform for guests of honor
deadlock; situation in which further action is blocked
feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
title; chapter heading; text under illustration
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reprobate
 
 
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n.  E.g. I cannot understand why he has so many admirers if he is the reprobate you say he is.
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person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples
board on which painter mixes pigments
observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation
decree ,especially issued by a sovereign; official command
sign of something coming; art or practice of foretelling events by signs or omens
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subjective
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Your analysis is highly subjective; you have permitted your emotions and your opinions to color your thinking.
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abundant; rich and splendid; fertile
open to view; not secret or hidden
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
overwhelming; incapable of being passed over or overcome
occurring or taking place in person's mind rather than external world; unreal
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trinket
 
 
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n.  E.g. Whenever she traveled abroad, Ethel would pick up costume jewelry or trinket as souvenirs.
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sudden outburst of emotion or action; sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease
bringing or coming to end; ceasing
person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others
injury that doesn't break the skin
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
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