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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appellation
 
 
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n.  E.g. Macbeth was startled when the witches greeted him with an incorrect appellation. Why did they call him Thane of Cawdor, he wondered, when the holder of that title still lived?.
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name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
truthfulness; unwillingness to tell lies
one that expounds or interprets; one that speaks for, represents, or advocates
main impact or shock; main burden
gold and silver in the form of bars
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catapult
 
 
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n.  E.g. The airplane is launched from battleship by catapult.
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feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
improper act; improper or unacceptable usage in speech or writing
slingshot; hurling machine; military machine for hurling missiles, used in ancient and medieval times
long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface
questioner, especially who is excessively rigorous or harsh; investigator
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compliant
 
 
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a.  E.g. Because Joel usually gave in and went along with whatever his friends desired, his mother worried that he might be too compliant.
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demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid
fit for growing crops, as by plowing
wildly disordered; excessive enthusiasm or excitement; insane
earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
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ejaculation
 
 
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n.  E.g. He could not repress an ejaculation of surprise when he heard the news.
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female sheep, especially when full grown
whirlpool; powerful circular current of water
act of throwing or shooting out; darting or casting forth; uttering of exclamations, or of brief exclamatory phrases
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
direct ancestor; originator of a line of descent; originator or founder
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equinox
 
 
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n.  E.g. The vernal equinox is usually marked by heavy rainstorms.
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period of equal days and nights; beginning of Spring and Autumn
study of insects; branch of zoology which treats of insects
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; short journey
systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject
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garbled
 
 
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a.  E.g. His reasoning, if you can call it that, seems really garbled; none of us agree with him.
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scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
mixed up; difficult to understand because it has been distorted
very liberal in giving; showing great generosity
essential; not imaginary; actual or real
below threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response
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inordinate
 
 
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a.  E.g. She had an inordinate fondness for candy, eating two or three boxes in a single day.
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showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
exceeding reasonable limits; excessive; not regulated; disorderly
tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
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notoriety
 
 
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n.  E.g. To the starlet, any publicity was good publicity: if she couldn't have a good reputation, she'd settle for notoriety.
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suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
violation of law, command, or duty; exceeding of due bounds or limits
favoring of relatives or friends because of their relationship rather than their abilities
creative work, as literary or musical composition
known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame
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pensive
 
 
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a.  E.g. The pensive lover gazed at the portrait of his beloved and deeply sighed.
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arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive; hateful
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
moderately warm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted
able to see differences; showing careful judgment or fine taste
marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm and resolute
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ratify
 
 
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v.  E.g. Party leaders doubted that they had enough votes in both houses of Congress to ratify the constitutional amendment.
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make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in confused or aimless manner
approve formally; confirm; verify
apply oil or similar substance to; put oil on during religious ceremony as a sign of sanctification or consecration.
prevent by taking action in advance
declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
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tarry
 
 
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v.  E.g. We can't tarry if we want to get to the airport on time.
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assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
emphasize; stress; pronounce with a stress or accent; mark with an accent
give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
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virtuoso
 
 
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n.  E.g. The child prodigy Yehudi Menuhin grew into a virtuoso whose violin performances thrilled millions.
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liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; process of receiving within
act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
highly skilled artist, as musician; one who is dazzlingly skilled in his field
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