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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amenable
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. He was amenable to any suggestions that came from those he looked up to.
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lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
careful to fulfill obligations; expressing or filled with sense of obligation
inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
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axiom
 
 
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n.  E.g. Before a student can begin to think along the lines of Euclidean geometry, he must accept certain principle or axiom.
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title; chapter heading; text under illustration
line around an area to enclose or guard it
production by gradual process; act of working out with great care in detail
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
self-evident truth requiring no proof
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dawdle
 
 
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v.  E.g. We have to meet a deadline so don't dawdle; just get down to work.
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fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge
twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
proceed slowly; waste time
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dissemble
 
 
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v.  E.g. Even though John tried to dissemble his motive for taking modern dance, we all knew he was there not to dance but to meet girls.
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disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; make a false show of
postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness
refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
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extant
 
 
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a.  E.g. Although the book is out of print, some copies are still extant. Unfortunately, all of them are in libraries or private collections; none are for sale.
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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct
eating away by chemicals or disease
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glossy
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. I want this photograph printed on glossy paper.
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excessively greedy; predatory; taking by force; plundering
huge; of a tremendous size, volume, degree
capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
smooth and shining; reflecting luster from smooth or polished surface; plausible
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
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knoll
 
 
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n.  E.g. Robert's grave is on a knoll in Samoa; to reach the grave site, you must climb uphill and walk a short distance along a marked path.
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small rounded hill or mound; top or crown of hill
effort; expenditure of much physical work
production by gradual process; act of working out with great care in detail
wool of sheep or similar animal; outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
one opposed to force; antimilitarist
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nihilist
 
 
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n.  E.g. In his final days, Hitler revealed himself a power-mad nihilist, ready to annihilate all of Western Europe, even to destroy Germany itself.
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extinct flying reptiles that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods
one who believes traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless; absolute skeptic
condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference
arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
raised platform for guests of honor
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predecessor
 
 
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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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blessing; benefit bestowed, especially in response to a request
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather
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repeal
 
 
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v.  E.g. What would the effect on our society be if we repeal the laws against the possession and sale of narcotics?
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stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly
revoke or annul, especially by official or formal act
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
free of; rid; remove all of one's clothing
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
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sycophant
 
 
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n.  E.g. Fed up with the toadies and flunkies who made up his entourage, the star cried, "Get out, all of you! I'm sick of sycophant!"
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difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree
one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man
liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
case for arrows; collection or store, as arsenal; quick shaking
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virtuoso
 
 
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n.  E.g. The child prodigy Yehudi Menuhin grew into a virtuoso whose violin performances thrilled millions.
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excessive pride or self-confidence
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
highly skilled artist, as musician; one who is dazzlingly skilled in his field
expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen
shine, polish or sparkle; soft reflected light
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