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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abate
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.
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make amends or pay the penalty for; relieve or cleanse of guilt
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
block legislation by making long speeches
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
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cavalcade
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. As described by Chaucer, the cavalcade of Canterbury pilgrims was a motley group.
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feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
ceremonial procession or display; succession or series
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
cheat; one who defrauds or makes practice of defrauding others
cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
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concave
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. The back-packers found partial shelter from the storm by huddling against the concave wall of the cliff.
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inclined to interfere in other people's business; intrusive in offensive manner
equivalent in effect or value
unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities
hollow; curved like inner surface of sphere
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digress
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. The professor does not digress from the topic and never bores his students.
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offer illicit sex with third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations
turn aside, especially from main subject in writing or speaking
make invalid; nullify; destroy
attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
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fallible
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. I know I am fallible, but I feel confident that I am right this time.
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light as air; heavenly; unusually refined
influential in original way; providing basis for further development; creative
timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
gay in manner, appearance, or action; easy and carefree
likely to fail or be inaccurate
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garnish
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. Top with pan drippings and garnish with a drizzle of good olive oil and a lemon wedge.
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disturb composure of; dismay; ruffle
move in twisting or contorted motion; contort in pain
frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
decorate with ornamental appendages
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infuriate
 
 
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v.  E.g. Her big brother's teasing used to infuriate Margaret; no matter how hard she tried to keep her temper, he always got her goat.
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deduce; conclude from evidence or premises; lead to as a consequence or conclusion
differ in opinion or feeling; withhold assent or approval
object because of doubts; hesitate
build; put together out of components or parts
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
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ostensible
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Although the ostensible purpose of this expedition is to discover new lands, we are really interested in finding new markets for our products.
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lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
into separate parts or pieces; apart
put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown
indecent; obscene; humorously coarse
gay in manner, appearance, or action; easy and carefree
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plethora
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. She offered a plethora of excuses for her shortcomings.
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aggressive entrance into foreign territory; raid or invasion
remainder; small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency
excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance
rushing stream; flood; heavy downpour
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reprobate
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. I cannot understand why he has so many admirers if he is the reprobate you say he is.
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condition of balance among various forces; inactivity resulting from static balance
person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples
shack; small, wretched house
gold and silver in the form of bars
gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
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subjective
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Your analysis is highly subjective; you have permitted your emotions and your opinions to color your thinking.
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demanding much work or care; tedious
occurring or taking place in person's mind rather than external world; unreal
full of rigors; harsh; rigidly accurate; precise
gay in manner, appearance, or action; easy and carefree
giving out or shedding light, as sun or fire; reflecting light; having brilliant surface
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tiller
 
 
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n.  E.g. Fearing the wind might shift suddenly and capsize the skiff, Tom kept one hand on the tiller at all times.
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board on which painter mixes pigments
lever used to turn a rudder and steer a boat; drawer in table, chest, or counter
being in debt; unpaid, overdue debt or an unfulfilled obligation
necessary requirement; indispensable item
bringing or coming to end; ceasing
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