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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allude
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. Try not to mention divorce in Jack's presence because he will think you allude to his marital problems with Jill.
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duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat; fold over or bend back
refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly
eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
degrade; debase, as in dignity or social standing
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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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emphasize; stress; pronounce with a stress or accent; mark with an accent
incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
speak indistinctly; pass over carelessly or with little notice
approve formally; confirm; verify
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cipher
 
 
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n.  E.g. She claimed her ex-husband was a total cipher and wondered why she had ever married him.
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sudden outburst of emotion or action; sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease
nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero
excessive pride or self-confidence
effort; expenditure of much physical work
misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by public official
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demur
 
 
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v.  E.g. When offered a post on the board of directors, David had to demur: he had scruples about taking on the job because he was unsure he could handle it.
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goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
object because of doubts; hesitate
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
belittle; speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank
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epithet
 
 
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n.  E.g. So many kings of France were named Charles that you could tell one apart only by his epithet: Charles the Wise was someone far different from Charles the Fat.
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freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
tender affection; love; act of showing affection
opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
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fraudulent
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. The government seeks to prevent fraudulent and misleading advertising.
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having rough, surly, or harsh nature
deep-rooted; firmly and long established; habitual
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
harmful to living things; injurious to health
prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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jaunt
 
 
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n.  E.g. He took a quick jaunt to Atlantic City.
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short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; short journey
cheat; one who defrauds or makes practice of defrauding others
overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
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mosaic
 
 
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n.  E.g. The mayor compared the city to a beautiful mosaic made up of people of every race and religion on earth.
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introduction, usually to a poem or play
vain man; one who want to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation
picture design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into surface
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
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portent
 
 
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n.  E.g. He regarded the black cloud as a portent of evil.
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person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
vain man; one who want to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
period of equal days and nights; beginning of Spring and Autumn
soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself
omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event
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reticence
 
 
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n.  E.g. Fearing his competitors might get advance word about his plans from talkative staff members, Hughes preferred reticence from his employees to loquacity.
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superiority or decisive advantage; domination
noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression
reserve; state or quality of being reluctant; unwillingness
large volume; large and scholarly book
downward slope, as of a hill
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supposition
 
 
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n.  E.g. I based my decision to confide in him on the supposition that he would be discreet.
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act of supposing; something supposed; assumption
violation of rule or regulation; breach; minor offence or petty crime
tender affection; love; act of showing affection
temporary stay; brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
period of greatest popularity, success, or power; golden age
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timidity
 
 
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n.  E.g. If you are to succeed as a salesman, you must first lose your timidity and fear of failure.
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coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
conventions; moral standards; accepted traditional customs
lack of self-confidence or courage
double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith.
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
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