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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abolish
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. In a letter to the British government, the EU has demanded that Britain abolish laws protecting religious freedom rights with regards to "sexual orientation."
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go backwards; decline to inferior state; degenerate
cancel; put an end to; destroy completely
rid or deprive of inhabitants; lay waste; devastate
rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
discuss repeatedly; attack verbally; work hard upon
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banal
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. The writer made his comic sketch seem banal, only a few people liked it.
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obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
relating to marriage or wedding ceremony
unclear or doubtful in meaning
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
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claustrophobia
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. His fellow classmates laughed at his claustrophobia and often threatened to lock him in his room.
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wool of sheep or similar animal; outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces
doctor who specializes in diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments
place where one can live in seclusion; home of one isolated from society for religious reasons
poet, especially lyric poet
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depravity
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. This bias towards evil is sometimes called depravity or original sin.
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work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness
patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; one who is morbidly anxious about his health, and generally depressed
systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject
slow gallop; moderate running pace of horse
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enmity
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. At Camp David, President Carter labored to bring an end to the enmity that prevented the peaceful coexistence of Egypt and Israel.
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fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; act of seizing or capturing; understanding
account or history of descent of person or family from ancestor; lineage
place where things may be put for safekeeping, as storehouse, warehouse, museum, or tomb
short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; short journey
ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile
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impetuous
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. I don't believe that "Leap before you look" is the motto suggested by one particularly impetuous young man.
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dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual
in or into a high place; high or higher up
expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad
capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
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indelible
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. The indelible ink left a permanent mark on my shirt.
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fit for growing crops, as by plowing
excessively greedy; predatory; taking by force; plundering
impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
not thorough, constant or consistent; by chance
warm and extremely humid; moist; damp; moldy
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obdurate
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. He was obdurate in his refusal to listen to our complaints.
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hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion
able to be dissolved; able to be explained
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
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pauper
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. Though Widow Brown was living on a reduced income, she was by no means a pauper.
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combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe
wool of sheep or similar animal; outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
creative work, as literary or musical composition
very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
vain man; one who want to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
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satire
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Gulliver's Travels, which is regarded by many as a tale for children, is actually a bitter satire attacking man's folly.
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extinct flying reptiles that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods
father and ruler of family or tribe
innocent girl or young woman; actress who plays such parts
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
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sparse
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. No matter how carefully Albert combed his hair to make it look as full as possible, it still looked sparse.
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unconventional in an artistic way
occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
hollow; curved like inner surface of sphere
related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
very thin especially from disease or hunger
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thespian
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Her success in the school play convinced her she was destined for a thespian career.
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lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
unable to be restrained; difficult or impossible to control or restrain
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical
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