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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apprehension
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. His nervous glances at the passersby on the deserted street revealed his apprehension.
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fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; act of seizing or capturing; understanding
standstill resulting from opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples
former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather
shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
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calamity
 
 
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n.  E.g. As news of the calamity spread, offers of relief poured in to the stricken community.
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event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter
hairstyle; head-dress; manner of arranging or dressing hair
act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation
final result; outcome or effect; central idea or point; gist
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countenance
 
 
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n.  E.g. When Jose saw his newborn daughter, a proud smile spread across his countenance.
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face or facial features; appearance, especially the expression of the face
filthy and wretched condition or quality; dirty or neglected state
cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical
patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; one who is morbidly anxious about his health, and generally depressed
fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; act of seizing or capturing; understanding
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dissuade
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. Since Tom could not dissuade Huck from running away from home, he decided to run away with him.
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emphasize; stress; pronounce with a stress or accent; mark with an accent
cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach
persuade not to do; discourage
arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
lose animation; be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor
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equivocal
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Rejecting the candidate's equivocal comments on tax reform, the reporters pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
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open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
tough; strong and firm; possessing physical strength and weight
unwilling or reluctant; filled with disgust or aversion; dislike
requiring sitting; accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise; living in one area, not migratory
able to live both on land and in water
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hierarchy
 
 
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n.  E.g. To be low man on the totem pole is to have an inferior place in the hierarchy.
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feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble
condition of balance among various forces; inactivity resulting from static balance
dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
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languor
 
 
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n.  E.g. His friends tried to overcome the languor into which he had fallen by taking him to parties and to the theater.
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collection of live wild animals on exhibition; enclosure in which wild animals are kept
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
feeling of lack of interest or energy; depression
solid and well-developed muscles, especially of the arms and legs
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
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molten
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The city of Pompeii was destroyed by volcanic ash rather than by molten lava flowing from Mount Vesuvius.
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tireless; showing sustained enthusiastic action
made liquid by heat; glowing red-hot; being in a state of fusion
capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
indisputable; not open to question
occurring or taking place in person's mind rather than external world; unreal
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proliferation
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the proliferation of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
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trick; any distracting or deceptive maneuver
lack of sophistication, experience, judgment or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility
intensity of feeling; warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion
formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
rapid growth; spread; increase in size by reproduction
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rebuff
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. You rebuff his invitation so smoothly that he does not realize he is snubbed.
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applaud; announce with great approval
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
divide into parts, pieces, or sections
throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
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soluble
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Sugar is soluble in water; put a sugar cube in water and it will quickly dissolve.
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able to be dissolved; able to be explained
left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
uncontrollably forceful or fast; done with head leading; headfirst
brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
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utopia
 
 
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n.  E.g. Fed up with this imperfect universe, Don would have liked to run off to Shangri-la or some other imaginary utopia.
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peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
chess move in which player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain advantageous position
short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; short journey
ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects
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