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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cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; sound of heavy treading
part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border
person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea
cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
nook; small, recessed section of a room
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assimilate
 
 
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v.  E.g. The manner in which the United States was able to assimilate immigrants during the 19th and early 20th century will always be a source of pride to Americans.
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incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe
lay responsibility or blame for, often unjustly
delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
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chameleon
 
 
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n.  E.g. Like the chameleon, he assumed the political thinking of every group he met.
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deadlock; situation in which further action is blocked
laugh in half-suppressed or foolish manner; disrespectful laugh
lizard that changes color in different situations
excuse; something serving to conceal plans; fictitious reason
sudden strong change or reaction in feeling, especially a feeling of violent disgust
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dour
 
 
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a.  E.g. The dour hotel concierge demanded payment for the room in advance.
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full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
stubbornly unyielding; marked by sternness or harshness
light as air; heavenly; unusually refined
being beyond what is required or sufficient
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
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feign
 
 
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v.  E.g. Lady Macbeth decided to feign illness although she was actually healthy.
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make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
drive or force onward; drive forward; urge to action through moral pressure
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
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imperceptible
 
 
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a.  E.g. Fortunately, the stain on the blouse was imperceptible after the blouse had gone through the wash.
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deserving high respect; impressive by reason of age; profoundly honored
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
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incarnation
 
 
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n.  E.g. The incarnation of Jesus Christ is a basic tenet of Christian theology.
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one that is dishonest or troublemaker, especially a impish youngster
tube in which patterns made by reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass; produce interesting symmetrical effects
person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea
main impact or shock; main burden
patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; one who is morbidly anxious about his health, and generally depressed
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nihilist
 
 
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n.  E.g. In his final days, Hitler revealed himself a power-mad nihilist, ready to annihilate all of Western Europe, even to destroy Germany itself.
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reparation; getting something back again; restoring something to its original state
tiny piece of anything; very small particle
very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
one who believes traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless; absolute skeptic
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perfunctory
 
 
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a.  E.g. I introduced myself, and at my name his perfunctory manner changed; I knew he heard me before.
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extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct
done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care
dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor
abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
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sedentary
 
 
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a.  E.g. Disliking the effect of her sedentary occupation on her figure, Stacy decided to work out at the gym every other day.
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in disrepair, run down; of very poor quality or condition
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
extremely disturbed from emotion
requiring sitting; accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise; living in one area, not migratory
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tantamount
 
 
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a.  E.g. Though Rudy claimed his wife was off visiting friends, his shriek of horror when she walked into the room was tantamount to a confession that he believed she was dead.
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equivalent in effect or value
detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits
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verdant
 
 
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a.  E.g. Monet's paintings of the verdant meadows were symphonies in green.
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full of initiative; marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
green; full of juice in vegetation
unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
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