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.
Free Online Vocabulary 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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annuity
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. The annuity he setup with the insurance company supplements his social security benefits so that he can live very comfortably without working.
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major city, especially chief city of country or region
annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
noise; loud outcry; expression of discontent or protest
main impact or shock; main burden
prayer for help; calling upon as reference or support
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behemoth
 
 
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n.  E.g. Just two weeks after Sam Stein first reported Citigroup's anti-union assault on the Employee Free Choice Act, the financial behemoth is taking their fight directly to the workers.
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bringing or coming to end; ceasing
small house or cottage usually having a single story and attic
long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
huge creature; something enormous in size or power
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cleft
 
 
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n.  E.g. Trying for a fresh handhold, the mountain climber grasped the edge of a cleft in the sheer rock face.
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inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
superiority or decisive advantage; domination
crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
shine, polish or sparkle; soft reflected light
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
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elixir
 
 
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n.  E.g. The news of her chance to go abroad acted on her like an elixir.
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homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
substance believed to cure all ills
anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance
edge, especially of a round surface; surface of a solid; circumference
abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces
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foreboding
 
 
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n.  E.g. Suspecting no conspiracies against him, Caesar gently ridiculed his wife's foreboding about the Ides of March.
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expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen
fixed and regular payment, such as salary for services or allowance.
payment or expense; output
person with insane desire to set things on fire
socially awkward or tactless act; foolish error, especially one made in public
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grudging
 
 
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a.  E.g. We received only grudging support from the mayor despite his earlier promises of aid.
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giving out or shedding light, as sun or fire; reflecting light; having brilliant surface
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits
unwilling or with reluctance; stingy
used for feeling; relating to sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
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indignity
 
 
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n.  E.g. Although he seemed to accept cheerfully the indignity hit upon him, he was inwardly very angry.
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person guided and protected by a more prominent person
feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
powerful and effective language; persuasive speech
incentive; stimulus; force or energy associated with a moving body
offensive or insulting treatment
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noxious
 
 
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a.  E.g. We must trace the source of these noxious gases before they asphyxiate us.
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harmful to living things; injurious to health
unpleasant-smelling; having offensive smell; stinking
advanced in development; appearing or developing early
prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
overwhelming; incapable of being passed over or overcome
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precocious
 
 
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a.  E.g. Listening to the grown-up way the child discussed serious topics, we couldn't help remarking how precocious she was.
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tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
free of guilt; not subject to blame; completely acceptable
leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled
advanced in development; appearing or developing early
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
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repose
 
 
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n.  E.g. After working hard every day in the busy city, Mike finds his repose on weekends playing golf with friends.
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fine thread or fiber; thin wire; threadlike structure within light bulb
severe pang of pain, as in childbirth; condition of agonizing struggle or trouble
relaxation; leisure; freedom from worry; peace of mind
narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain
disloyal person; traitor or rebel
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subliminal
 
 
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a.  E.g. We may not be aware of the subliminal influences that affect our thinking.
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bodily; of a material nature; tangible
below threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
plentiful; possessing riches or resources
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untenable
 
 
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a.  E.g. Wayne is so contrary that, the more untenable a position is, the harder he'll try to defend it.
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impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
marked by or given to innovations; introducing a change
expressing devotion or piety; earnest in religious field
indefensible; not able to be maintained
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