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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ascetic
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. The wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, ascetic life led by members of some monastic orders.
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decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten; decayed
worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
light as air; heavenly; unusually refined
familiar, as by study or experience; able to converse knowledgeably
leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
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beset
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. Many vexing problems beset the American public school system.
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revoke or annul, especially by official or formal act
punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
turn aside, especially from main subject in writing or speaking
attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
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clique
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Fitzgerald wished that he belonged to the clique of popular athletes and big men on campus.
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support; active pleading on behalf of something
inscription on tombstone in memory
small exclusive group of friends or associates
science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
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demure
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. She was demure and reserved, a nice modest girl whom any young man would be proud to take home to his mother.
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into separate parts or pieces; apart
turned to one side; twisted; marked by humorous twist, often with a touch of irony
light as air; heavenly; unusually refined
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
having a common center, circles of different size, one within another
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exorcise
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. By incantation and prayer, the medicine man sought to exorcise the evil spirits which had taken possession of the young warrior.
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hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
make amends or pay the penalty for; relieve or cleanse of guilt
drive out evil spirits by or as if by incantation, command, or prayer
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
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impeach
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. The angry congressman wanted to impeach the president for his misdeeds.
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go backwards; decline to inferior state; degenerate
make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
lay responsibility or blame for, often unjustly
surround with armed forces; harass with requests
corrupt; seduce from virtue
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inception
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. She was involved with the project from its inception.
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ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
active strength of body or mind; imaginative lively style, especially style of writing; exertion of force
beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; process of receiving within
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
noise; loud outcry; expression of discontent or protest
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outspoken
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The candidate was too outspoken to be a successful politician; he had not yet learned to weigh his words carefully.
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not thorough, constant or consistent; by chance
given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
mixed up; difficult to understand because it has been distorted
by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually
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placebo
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. In a controlled experiment, fifty volunteers were given aspirin tablets; the control group received only placebo ones.
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thin layer; coating consisting of thin layer; ornamental coating to a building
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
feeling of lack of interest or energy; depression
place where different tree varieties are exhibited
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
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scanty
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. Thinking his helping of food was scanty, Oliver Twist asked for more.
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somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
devout; religious; exhibiting strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
rash; marked by unthinking boldness
having been delayed; done or sent too late
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sustenance
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. In the tropics, the natives find sustenance easy to obtain, due to all the fruit trees.
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act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
hard monotonous routine work
abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces
great enjoyable or amusing activity
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vicarious
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Many people get a vicarious thrill at the movies by imagining they are the characters on the screen.
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done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
excessively or elaborately decorated; flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner
speechless; without or deprived of the use of speech or words
acting as substitute; done by deputy; experienced at secondhand
winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
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