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.
Free Online Vocabulary 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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abstruse
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. She carries around abstruse works of philosophy, not because she understands them but because she wants her friends to think she does.
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tending to call up emotions, memories
devout; religious; exhibiting strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
having many talents; capable of working in many fields
healthily plump and ample of figure; full-bosomed; vigorous; jolly
obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
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bauble
 
 
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n.  E.g. The child was delighted with the bauble she had won in the grab bag.
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act or process of infusing; introduction of a solution into person through vein for therapeutic purposes
small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
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cordon
 
 
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n.  E.g. The police cordon was so tight that the criminals could not leave the area.
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line around an area to enclose or guard it
heavy substance used to add stability or weight
one who believes traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless; absolute skeptic
violation of rule or regulation; breach; minor offence or petty crime
deep disgrace; shame or dishonor
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eminent
 
 
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a.  E.g. After his appointment to this eminent position, he seldom had time for his former friends.
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having been delayed; done or sent too late
bodily; of a material nature; tangible
producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
moderately warm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
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euphoria
 
 
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n.  E.g. Delighted with her high scores, sure that the university would accept her, Allison was filled with euphoria.
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feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
large volume; large and scholarly book
double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith.
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homogeneous
 
 
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a.  E.g. Because the student body at Elite Prep was so homogeneous, Sara decided to send daughter to another school that offered greater cultural diversity.
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of the same or similar nature or kind
occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
differing; tending to move apart in different directions
plowed but left unseeded during a growing season; uncultivated
very small; immeasurably or incalculably minute
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incarcerate
 
 
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v.  E.g. He was not willing to incarcerate the civil rights workers because their imprisonment could serve the cause.
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cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach
establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support
cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to broader area or larger number
build; put together out of components or parts
imprison; put into jail; shut up or enclose
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ornate
 
 
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a.  E.g. With its elaborately carved, convoluted lines, furniture of the Baroque period was highly ornate.
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excessively or elaborately decorated; flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner
brief; effectively cut short; marked by use of few words
curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred; violating sacred things; profane
yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
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pretext
 
 
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n.  E.g. He looked for a good pretext to get out of paying a visit to his aunt.
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tender affection; love; act of showing affection
excuse; something serving to conceal plans; fictitious reason
uniformity or lack of variation; continual increase, or continual decrease; tedium as a result of repetition
bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization
study of origin and nature of ideas
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scamp
 
 
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n.  E.g. He was such an engaging scamp that his mother almost lacked the heart to punish him.
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abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces
one that is dishonest or troublemaker, especially a impish youngster
cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; sound of heavy treading
state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity
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sustenance
 
 
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n.  E.g. In the tropics, the natives find sustenance easy to obtain, due to all the fruit trees.
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mutual relationship; interdependence or interconnection relationship
act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; short journey
bully; lawless and cruel; cruel and brutal person or gangster
last stop of railroad; final point or end; boundary or border
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terse
 
 
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a.  E.g. There is a fine line between speech that is terse and to the point and speech that is too abrupt.
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unable to be restrained; difficult or impossible to control or restrain
giving a false appearance of frankness; not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
effectively concise; appearing as if wiped or rubbed, as smooth
forceful; intensely emotional; inclined to react violently
treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
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