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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aboriginal
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Her studies of the primitive art forms of the aboriginal Indians were widely reported in the scientific journals.
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echoing; strong and deep in tone; resounding; having lasting presence or effect
being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
of the same or similar nature or kind
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celestial
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. She spoke of the celestial joys that awaited virtuous souls in the hereafter.
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comical because of strangeness; ludicrously comical; clownish; bizarre
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
plentiful; possessing riches or resources
relating to the sky or the heavens; supremely good; god or angel
without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
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codicil
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Miss Havisham kept her lawyers busy drawing up another codicil to add to her already complicated will.
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person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
supplement or appendix, especially to a will
concave cut into a surface or edge; small hollow or depression
small, light sailboat; small boat propelled by oars
lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
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delve
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. To delve into old books and manuscripts is part of a researcher's job.
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give a bodily form to; represent in bodily or material form; incorporate
reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily
open the mouth wide; yawn from sleepiness, weariness, or dullness
frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
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exhort
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. He was using the phrase to exhort his compatriots to prepare for war, to engage in the struggle for freedom.
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grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make urgent appeal
remove outer covering or skin of with knife or similar instrument
make a pretence of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks
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impute
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. It seemed unfair to impute the accident on me, especially since they were the ones who ran the red light.
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scold harshly; criticize severely
plead; make earnest request of; ask for earnestly
lay responsibility or blame for, often unjustly
surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
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insurgent
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Because the insurgent forces had occupied the capital and had gained control of the railway lines, several of the war correspondents covering the uprising predicted a rebel victory.
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overly simple; simplifying something so that its complexity is lost or important details are overlooked
rising in revolt against established authority; rebelling against leadership of political party
given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
huge; of a tremendous size, volume, degree
muddy; having sediment disturbed; heavy, dark, or dense, as smoke or fog
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malfeasance
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. The authorities did not discover the campaign manager's malfeasance until after he had spent most of the money he had embezzled.
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misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by public official
sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
stubborn intolerance; excessive zeal or warmth in favor of a party, sect, or opinion
large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
final result; outcome or effect; central idea or point; gist
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parable
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. Let us apply to our own conduct the lesson that this parable teaches.
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sudden flood or strong outburst; sudden heavy fall of rain
direct, quick route; direct, straight course
mental disorder marked by confusion
boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
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redress
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Do you mean to tell me that I can get no redress for my injuries?
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dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter
remedy; compensation; act of correcting error or fault
trivial or worthless matter; thin dry bracts or scales, especially
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soliloquy
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. The soliloquy is a device used by the dramatist to reveal a character's innermost thoughts and emotions.
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necessary requirement; indispensable item
talking to oneself; act of a character speaking to himself so as to reveal his thoughts to audience
ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects
huge creature; something enormous in size or power
cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
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writhe
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. In Dances with Snakes, the snake dancer wriggled sinuously and made her python writhe around her torso.
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include; consist of; be composed of
divide into parts, pieces, or sections
avoid deliberately; keep away from
move in twisting or contorted motion; contort in pain
neigh, as a horse, especially in gentle tone; cry of horse
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