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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alcove
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. In front of centre window in alcove is a small table on which is a parlour lamp, and some newspapers, including the "New York Sun."
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nook; small, recessed section of a room
lack of sophistication, experience, judgment or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility
who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who acts in a practical or straightforward manner
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
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buxom
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. A generation ago, fat babies were considered healthy and buxom actresses were popular, but society has since come to worship thinness.
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indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
healthily plump and ample of figure; full-bosomed; vigorous; jolly
harmful to living things; injurious to health
acting as substitute; done by deputy; experienced at secondhand
large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse
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cipher
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. She claimed her ex-husband was a total cipher and wondered why she had ever married him.
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crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
large volume; large and scholarly book
nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero
arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
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earthy
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. His earthy remarks often embarrassed the women in his audience.
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departing from accepted beliefs or standards; oppositional
unrefined; crude or indecent; of this world; worldly
incapable of being pacified; not to be relieved;
exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent
dark; dusky; naturally having skin of a dark color
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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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false; tending to mislead; deceptive
dull; lacking luster or shine
happening, as occasional event, without regularity; coming without design
looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
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hubris
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. Nathan's hubris spurred him to do things that many considered insensitive.
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quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character
excessive pride or self-confidence
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical
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indelible
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. The indelible ink left a permanent mark on my shirt.
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exactly and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless
impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure
capable of igniting and burning; easily aroused or excited
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mores
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. In America, Benazir Bhutto dressed as Western women did; in Pakistan, however, she followed the mores of her people, dressing in traditional veil and robes.
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decree ,especially issued by a sovereign; official command
conventions; moral standards; accepted traditional customs
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
nook; small, recessed section of a room
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phlegmatic
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. The nurse was a cheerful but phlegmatic person, unexcited in the face of sudden emergencies.
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not open to question; obviously true; beyond dispute or doubt
vigorously active; active, as in leaping or running
calm; not easily disturbed; not easily excited to action or passion
yielding; inclined or ready to submit
disagreeing, especially with a majority; rebellious
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quiver
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Robin Hood reached back and plucked one last arrow from his quiver.
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scornful treatment; insulting speech or conduct
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
board on which painter mixes pigments
liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
case for arrows; collection or store, as arsenal; quick shaking
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subversive
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. In the meantime, Nigerian security agencies have been investigating what they call subversive activities by some foreign correspondents.
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tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
happening, as occasional event, without regularity; coming without design
giving out or shedding light, as sun or fire; reflecting light; having brilliant surface
insignificant; lacking importance; not following from premises or evidence; illogical
exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent
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virile
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. They are always on the brink of victory and must be confronted with a virile aggression.
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crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
inclined to interfere in other people's business; intrusive in offensive manner
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
marked by energy and vigor; manly; able to copulate, as for male
secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
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