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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antithesis
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. This tyranny was the antithesis of all that he had hoped for, and he fought it with all his strength.
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act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
central or vital part; most material and central part; grain or seed as of corn
contrast; direct contrast; opposition
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audacious
 
 
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a.  E.g. Audiences cheered as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia made their audacious, death defying leap to freedom, escaping Darth Vader's troops.
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no longer current or applicable; antiquated
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
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dearth
 
 
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n.  E.g. The dearth of skilled labor compelled the employers to open trade schools.
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conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
poet, especially lyric poet
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
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elude
 
 
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v.  E.g. The logic of the concluding paragraph seems to elude me.
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form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will
avoid cleverly; escape perception of
shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
stir up fire; feed plentifully; supply a furnace with fuel
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ennui
 
 
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n.  E.g. The monotonous routine of hospital life induced a feeling of ennui that made him moody and irritable.
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feeling of being bored by something tedious
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter
fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; act of seizing or capturing; understanding
study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
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ideology
 
 
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n.  E.g. For people who had grown up believing in the communist ideology, it was hard to adjust to capitalism.
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thin layer; coating consisting of thin layer; ornamental coating to a building
study of origin and nature of ideas
edge, especially of a round surface; surface of a solid; circumference
yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; process of receiving within
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inquest
 
 
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n.  E.g. The police chief ordered an inquest to determine what went wrong.
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vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art
tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject
formal investigation, often held before a jury; judicial inquiry
large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
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negligible
 
 
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a.  E.g. Because the damage to his car had been negligible, Michael decided he wouldn't bother to report the matter to his insurance company.
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so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
unable to be changed without exception; not mutable
modest; not bold or forward; not arrogant
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
winding; twisting; curving in alternate directions; having the shape or form of a snake
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plethora
 
 
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n.  E.g. She offered a plethora of excuses for her shortcomings.
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person with power to decide a dispute; judge
slingshot; hurling machine; military machine for hurling missiles, used in ancient and medieval times
excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance
distance around something; circumference; size; bulk
intense interest; eagerness to accomplish some object
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seep
 
 
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v.  E.g. During the rainstorm, water would seep through the crack in the basement wall and damage the floor boards.
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pass gradually or leak through, as if through small openings
stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
deny; go back on; fail to fulfill promise or obligation
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subsidy
 
 
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n.  E.g. Without this subsidy, American ship operators would not be able to compete in world markets.
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lack of sophistication, experience, judgment or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
study of historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words
direct financial aid by government
one who spoils pleasure or fun of others; spoilsport
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vernal
 
 
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a.  E.g. Bea basked in the balmy vernal breezes, happy that winter was coming to an end.
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stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward
relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical
related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
stubbornly unyielding; marked by sternness or harshness
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