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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agrarian
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. The economic relationship between the two nations has expanded during the past decade amid China's economic boom and Argentina's rise in agrarian production.
Select answer:
containing a high amount of water or water vapor
pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
agonizing; distressing extremely painful
in early stage of development; of an organism prior to birth; related to embryo
able to live both on land and in water
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bilious
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. The bilious is indicated by a thin, spare face, dark skin, black hair, firm flesh, moderate stoutness, with rough, harsh, and strongly marked features.
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high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism
acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred; violating sacred things; profane
suffering from indigestion; appearing as if affected by disorder; sickly
left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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conceit
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Although Jack was smug and puffed up with conceit, he was an entertaining companion, always expressing himself in witty turns of phrase.
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masses of leaves; a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
distinctive and stylish elegance; a bunch of feathers or plume, especially on a helmet
gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
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discordant
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. Nothing is quite so discordant as the sound of a junior high school orchestra tuning up.
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momentary; temporary; staying for short time
unpleasant-smelling; having offensive smell; stinking
not harmonious; conflicting; disagreeable in sound; harsh or dissonant
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
well-bred; marked by refinement in taste and manners
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fallacious
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Paradoxically, fallacious reasoning does not always yield erroneous results: even though your logic may be faulty, the answer you get may nevertheless be correct.
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unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
brief; effectively cut short; marked by use of few words
false; tending to mislead; deceptive
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
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gargantuan
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Nokia really doesn't have any experience in running the kind of gargantuan on-line service
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leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
huge; of a tremendous size, volume, degree
earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
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incidence
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. The highest incidence is found in Britain, Australia and Belgium: 30 per 1,000,000 per year.
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rate of occurrence; particular occurrence
wild and exciting undertaking; adventurous or unconventional act
abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces
woman who rules a family, clan, or tribe; highly respected woman who is a mother
reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
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navigable
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. So much sand had built up at the bottom of the canal that the waterway was barely navigable.
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fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; able to be steered
plowed but left unseeded during a growing season; uncultivated
containing a high amount of water or water vapor
agonizing; distressing extremely painful
Don't select.
parable
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. Let us apply to our own conduct the lesson that this parable teaches.
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calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
violation of law, command, or duty; exceeding of due bounds or limits
process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay
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reputed
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. Intelligence is really not what we think it is, it is not going to college or earning a PhD in so called reputed educational institutions.
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sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind
having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
state of being held in high esteem and honor
attempting to win favor by flattering; flattering
complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
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surpass
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. The price of silver will double before ending the year at around 20 USD an ounce and gold will again surpass the 1000 USD mark, finishing the year at 1150 USD.
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move in twisting or contorted motion; contort in pain
belittle; speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank
reduce or eliminate gradually, with knife; cut small bits off
be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; make a false show of
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trinket
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. Whenever she traveled abroad, Ethel would pick up costume jewelry or trinket as souvenirs.
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cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
symbol of disgrace; small mark, as scar or birthmark; mark made with red-hot iron
grievous loss; particularly, the loss of a relative or friend by death
large volume; large and scholarly book
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