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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accrue
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. The Premier League awards three points for a win and one for a draw, so in a 38-game season the maximum a team can accrue is 114 points.
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expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
guarantee as safe; secure; promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor; permit
fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to
increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time
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belligerent
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. Whenever he had too much to drink, he became belligerent and tried to pick fights with strangers.
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worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
increasing by successive addition
inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
advanced in development; appearing or developing early
hard to understand; known only in a particular group
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clench
 
 
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v.  E.g. "Open wide," said the dentist, but Clint seemed to clench his teeth even more tightly than before.
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cut away; cut out; remove by or as if by cutting
appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity
close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
make whole; combine; make into one unit
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
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desolate
 
 
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v.  E.g. The bandits desolate the countryside, burning farms and carrying off the harvest.
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declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
foretell or predict; indicate or warn of in advance
rid or deprive of inhabitants; lay waste; devastate
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foolhardy
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Don't be foolhardy. Get the advice of experienced people before undertaking this venture.
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relating to essential nature of a thing; inherent; built-in
under the influence of alcohol; intoxicated; drunk
similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
rash; marked by unthinking boldness
decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten; decayed
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heyday
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. In their heyday, the San Francisco Forty-Niners won the Super Bowl two years running.
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separation or division into factions; formal division or split within religious body
excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance
period of greatest popularity, success, or power; golden age
distance around something; circumference; size; bulk
noise; loud outcry; expression of discontent or protest
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insurmountable
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Faced by almost insurmountable obstacles, the members of the underground maintained their courage and will to resist.
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extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
overwhelming; incapable of being passed over or overcome
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad
implied or understood though not directly expressed
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outwit
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. By disguising himself as an old woman, Holmes was able to outwit his pursuers and escape capture.
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duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat; fold over or bend back
degrade; debase, as in dignity or social standing
outsmart; trick; beat through cleverness and wit
lay responsibility or blame for, often unjustly
agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
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preclude
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New Year's Eve would preclude their accepting the New Year's Eve gig in London.
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avoid deliberately; keep away from
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate
cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach
expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
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requiem
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. They played Mozart's requiem at the funeral.
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person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others
conventions; moral standards; accepted traditional customs
mass for dead; song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as memorial
violation of rule or regulation; breach; minor offence or petty crime
patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; one who is morbidly anxious about his health, and generally depressed
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sleight
 
 
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n.  E.g. The magician amazed the audience with his sleight of hand.
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clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes
socially awkward or tactless act; foolish error, especially one made in public
small, smooth, flat surface, as on a bone or tooth; side; a smooth surface
tiny piece of anything; very small particle
skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity
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vagabond
 
 
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n.  E.g. A vagabond is at home nowhere because he wanders: a child should wander because it ought to be at home everywhere.
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secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
solid and well-developed muscles, especially of the arms and legs
insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
person without permanent home who moves from place to place; wanderer; tramp
sudden strong change or reaction in feeling, especially a feeling of violent disgust
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