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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abrasive
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Ash can also cause long-term abrasive damage to planes that could lead to later disasters if not dealt with.
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rubbing away; tending to grind down
incompatible; not able to be resolved
unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
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carnivorous
 
 
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a.  E.g. The lion's a carnivorous beast. A hunk of meat makes up his feast.
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very fat; large in body; overweight
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
having no equal; incomparable
worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
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cumulative
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Vocabulary building is a cumulative process: as you go through your flash cards, you will add new words to your vocabulary, one by one.
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extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward
casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed
unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse
abundant; rich and splendid; fertile
increasing by successive addition
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earthy
 
 
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a.  E.g. His earthy remarks often embarrassed the women in his audience.
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giving out or shedding light, as sun or fire; reflecting light; having brilliant surface
separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
precisely meaningful; forceful and brief
wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; able to be steered
unrefined; crude or indecent; of this world; worldly
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fanaticism
 
 
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n.  E.g. An Israeli study of Palestinian suicide bombers from 2003 says religious fanaticism is just one of many factors.
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known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame
concave cut into a surface or edge; small hollow or depression
feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble
excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
skilled public speaker; person who pronounces discourse publicly on some special occasion, as pleader or lawyer
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impropriety
 
 
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n.  E.g. Because of the impropriety of the punk rocker's slashed T-shirt and jeans, the management refused to admit him to the hotel's very formal dining room.
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place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion; secluded, quiet place
action taken in return for injury or offense
account or history of descent of person or family from ancestor; lineage
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
improper act; improper or unacceptable usage in speech or writing
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itinerant
 
 
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a.  E.g. Since the storm, the city had also been attracting a new kind of itinerant idealist.
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partly transparent; transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen
wholly absorbing one's attention
wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby; old-fashioned
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obsequious
 
 
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a.  E.g. Helen liked to be served by people who behaved as if they respected themselves; nothing irritated her more than an excessively obsequious waiter or a fawning salesclerk.
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lazy; slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
false; tending to mislead; deceptive
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
having no equal; incomparable
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prattle
 
 
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v.  E.g. Baby John used to prattle on and on about the cats and his ball and the Cookie Monster.
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speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly; talk artlessly and childishly
shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
go backwards; decline to inferior state; degenerate
rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
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revulsion
 
 
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n.  E.g. The dreadful events of 11th September have filled people throughout the world with a revulsion for terrorism, whatever its aims.
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injury that doesn't break the skin
sudden strong change or reaction in feeling, especially a feeling of violent disgust
anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay
subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
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stoic
 
 
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a.  E.g. I wasn't particularly stoic when I had my flu shot; I squealed like a stuck pig.
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in early stage of development; of an organism prior to birth; related to embryo
indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
hard to understand; known only in a particular group
having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
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viscous
 
 
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a.  E.g. Melted tar is a viscous substance.
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moved by sexual love; loving
overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
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