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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aquiline
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. He can be recognized by his aquiline nose, curved like the beak of the eagle.
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lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby; old-fashioned
dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual
without skill, ineffective; worthless; lacking purpose
curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
tough; strong and firm; possessing physical strength and weight
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besmirch
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. The scandalous remarks in the newspaper besmirch the reputations of every member of the society.
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defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from
increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time
drive or force onward; drive forward; urge to action through moral pressure
rid or deprive of inhabitants; lay waste; devastate
soil, smear so as to make dirty or stained
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collaborate
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. The easy way to collaborate is to pay attention to the small things in life.
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throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
draw back or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from blow
fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
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derivative
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. Although her early poetry was clearly derivative in nature, the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
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cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
skillful and adept under pressing conditions
unoriginal; derived from another source
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filibuster
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. Even though we disapproved of Senator Foghorn's political goals, we were impressed by his ability to filibuster endlessly to keep an issue from coming to a vote.
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block legislation by making long speeches
free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
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horde
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. Before Christmas the store will treat a special horde of shoppers.
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opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
excuse; something serving to conceal plans; fictitious reason
a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
leave of absence; vacation granted a soldier or civil servant
distinctive and stylish elegance; a bunch of feathers or plume, especially on a helmet
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injurious
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Smoking cigarettes can be injurious to your health.
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sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
harmful; tending to injure or impair; abusive; insulting
relating to essential nature of a thing; inherent; built-in
timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
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motif
 
 
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n.  E.g. This simple motif runs throughout the entire score.
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dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
superiority or decisive advantage; domination
battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing
cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
highly skilled artist, as musician; one who is dazzlingly skilled in his field
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philanderer
 
 
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n.  E.g. Swearing he had never so much as looked at another woman, Ralph assured Alice he was no philanderer.
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pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
equality in status or amount; similarity or close
faithless lover; fickle lover; flirt, usually applies only to men
sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or personal gain
violation of law, command, or duty; exceeding of due bounds or limits
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pyromania
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. The detectives searched the area for the pyromania who had set these costly fires.
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cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical
capacity of guardian; guardianship; capacity or activity of tutor; instruction or teaching
person with insane desire to set things on fire
sign of something coming; art or practice of foretelling events by signs or omens
mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
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stipend
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. There is a nominal stipend for this position, it is a good job for you.
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conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
practice of ending life of hopelessly ill individuals; assisted suicide
noise; loud outcry; expression of discontent or protest
fixed and regular payment, such as salary for services or allowance.
natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection
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treatise
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. He is preparing a treatise on the Elizabethan playwrights for his graduate degree.
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hairstyle; head-dress; manner of arranging or dressing hair
place where one can live in seclusion; home of one isolated from society for religious reasons
who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who acts in a practical or straightforward manner
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject
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