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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abhor
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. One of the things I abhor is the threat to withhold aid.
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guarantee as safe; secure; promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor; permit
build or fuel a fire; cause to glow; light up; inspire
be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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assuage
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. Jilted by Jane, Dick tried to assuage his heartache by indulging in ice cream.
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grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to broader area or larger number
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
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corporeal
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. The doctor had no patience with spiritual matters: his job was to attend to his patients' corporeal problems, not to minister to their souls.
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disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking
timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred; violating sacred things; profane
containing or derived from error; mistaken
bodily; of a material nature; tangible
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dupe
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. While the gullible Watson often was made a dupe by unscrupulous parties, Sherlock Holmes was far more difficult to fool.
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equality in status or amount; similarity or close
woman who rules a family, clan, or tribe; highly respected woman who is a mother
song for two or three unaccompanied voices; short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music
lizard that changes color in different situations
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
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espouse
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. She was always ready to espouse a worthy cause.
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explain or describe in detail
make less severe or harsh; moderate
take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
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fresco
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. The cathedral is visited by many tourists who wish to admire the fresco by Giotto.
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cool, refreshing state of air; art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries
inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
condition of balance among various forces; inactivity resulting from static balance
main impact or shock; main burden
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jovial
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. A frown seemed out of place on his invariably jovial face.
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having many talents; capable of working in many fields
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
moderately warm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted
good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
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muggy
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The air is slightly muggy from the thunderstorm that passed over at lunch, dark and loud without shedding a drop.
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set apart; isolated in restricted sense, so remote from other bodies
warm and extremely humid; moist; damp; moldy
familiar, as by study or experience; able to converse knowledgeably
unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
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proclivity
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. Watching the two-year-old boy voluntarily put away his toys, I was amazed by his proclivity for neatness.
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inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
expression of warm approval; praise
arsonist; bomb that is designed to start fires
opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
board on which painter mixes pigments
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repudiate
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. On separating from Tony, Tina announced that she would repudiate all debts incurred by her soon-to-be ex-husband.
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disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously
bring up out of earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
turn into vapor, steam, gas, or fog; decrease rapidly and disappear
become quiet or less intensive
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sparse
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. No matter how carefully Albert combed his hair to make it look as full as possible, it still looked sparse.
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young and inexperienced; having just acquired its flight feathers
disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking
unable to be changed without exception; not mutable
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
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ventriloquist
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. This ventriloquist does an act in which she has a conversation with a wooden dummy.
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battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
whirlpool; powerful circular current of water
one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing
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