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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addendum
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. The date on the bottom of the addendum is April 2007.
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boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
shack; small, wretched house
something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck
grievous loss; particularly, the loss of a relative or friend by death
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braggart
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. Modest by nature, she was no braggart, preferring to let her accomplishments speak for themselves.
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boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
lizard that changes color in different situations
large volume; large and scholarly book
quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character
sediment settled at bottom of liquid; waste or worthless matter
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concave
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. The back-packers found partial shelter from the storm by huddling against the concave wall of the cliff.
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hollow; curved like inner surface of sphere
over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
causing damage or harm; injurious
suggesting puzzlement; mocking; curious
full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
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embody
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. Cheering on his rival Mark McGwire's efforts to break Roger Maris's home run record, Sammy Sosa did embody the spirit of true sportsmanship.
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remove outer covering or skin of with knife or similar instrument
give a bodily form to; represent in bodily or material form; incorporate
apply oil or similar substance to; put oil on during religious ceremony as a sign of sanctification or consecration.
throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
declare to be true; affirm
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ephemeral
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. The mayfly is an ephemeral creature: its adult life lasts little more than a day.
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dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
being without boundaries or limits; infinite; vast
short-lived; enduring a very short time
not thorough, constant or consistent; by chance
very fat; large in body; overweight
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imperious
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Jane rather liked a man to be masterful, but Mr. Rochester seemed so bent on getting his own way that he was actually imperious!
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urgent or pressing; able to deal authoritatively; dictatorial
very showy or ornamented, especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
unconventional in an artistic way
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
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inquisitor
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. Fearing being grilled ruthlessly by the secret police, Masha faced her inquisitor with trepidation.
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agitation; chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances
skilled public speaker; person who pronounces discourse publicly on some special occasion, as pleader or lawyer
forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension; involuntary trembling or quivering
questioner, especially who is excessively rigorous or harsh; investigator
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negligible
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Because the damage to his car had been negligible, Michael decided he wouldn't bother to report the matter to his insurance company.
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having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to prior conditions
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peripheral
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. We lived, not in central London, but in one of those peripheral suburbs that spring up on the outskirts of a great city.
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located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary
moved by sexual love; loving
occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
careful about money; economical
not open to question; obviously true; beyond dispute or doubt
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propensity
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Convinced of his own talent, Sol has an unfortunate propensity to belittle the talents of others.
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entire range; all notes in musical scale
rebuke; punishment or retribution that one deserves; outcome which is justly deserved
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection
gold and silver in the form of bars
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serpentine
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. The car swerved at every curve in the serpentine road.
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in disrepair, run down; of very poor quality or condition
worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
dull; lacking luster or shine
winding; twisting; curving in alternate directions; having the shape or form of a snake
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unfathomable
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Unable to get to the bottom of the mystery, Watson declared it was unfathomable.
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difficult or impossible to understand; difficult or impossible to measure
muddy; having sediment disturbed; heavy, dark, or dense, as smoke or fog
full of initiative; marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
brief and compact; expressing much in few words
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