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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indisputable; not open to question
winding; twisting; curving in alternate directions; having the shape or form of a snake
stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
related to the topic being discussed or considered; appropriate or fitting; relevant
fit for growing crops, as by plowing
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bolster
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. The debaters amassed file boxes full of evidence to bolster their arguments.
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sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
appear or take shape, usually in enlarged or distorted form
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water
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chassis
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Examining the car after the accident, the owner discovered that the body had been ruined but that the chassis was unharmed.
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excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance
rectangular frame attached working parts, as of automobile
favoring of relatives or friends because of their relationship rather than their abilities
double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith.
exact copy or reproduction, as of a document; fax
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elixir
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. The news of her chance to go abroad acted on her like an elixir.
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sudden outburst of emotion or action; sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease
substance believed to cure all ills
liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
isolation; solitude; secluded place; shutting out or keeping apart
capacity of guardian; guardianship; capacity or activity of tutor; instruction or teaching
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erode
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. The film shows how dripping water to erode the limestone until only a thin shell remained.
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eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply
charge; accuse formally of a crime
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heresy
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. Galileo's assertion that the earth moved around the sun directly contradicted the religious teachings of his day; as a result, he was tried for heresy.
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action taken in return for injury or offense
tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
lack of caring; indifference
opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
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introspective
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. A renowned Tibetan lama pointed out that Westerners think people in the East tend to be more introspective and less concerned with material success.
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gray or white with or as if with age; covered with grayish hair
lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices
inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
relating to marriage or wedding ceremony
looking within oneself; thoughtful about oneself; studying or exhibiting one's own internal state
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negate
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. A sudden surge of adrenalin can negate the effects of fatigue: there's nothing like a good shock to wake you up.
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cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
say, state, or perform again or repeatedly
pay costs of; undertake payment of; make compensation to or for
increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time
be responsible for; commit; do execute or perform, generally in bad sense
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pander
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. The reviewer accused the makers of Lethal Weapon to pander to the masses' taste for violence.
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cut away; cut out; remove by or as if by cutting
offer illicit sex with third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations
express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice
punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
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saccharine
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. She tried to ingratiate herself, speaking sweetly and smiling a saccharine smile.
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able to float; cheerful and optimistic
flexible; moving and bending with ease
stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
having cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character; overly sweet
lacking caution; injudicious; not attentive to consequence
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terminology
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. The special terminology developed by some authorities in the field has done more to confuse the layman than to enlighten him.
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state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; process of receiving within
vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art
extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency
goat's horn overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance
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wily
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. She is as wily as a fox in avoiding trouble.
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marked by disorder; untidy; having hair in loose disorder
cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
indecent; obscene; humorously coarse
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
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