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
 
 
(1)
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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one that is dishonest or troublemaker, especially a impish youngster
noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
excuse; something serving to conceal plans; fictitious reason
fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; act of seizing or capturing; understanding
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bolster
 
 
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v.  E.g. The debaters amassed file boxes full of evidence to bolster their arguments.
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give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
give authorization or approval to something; penalize a state, especially for violating international law
move furtively and secretly; hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
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countenance
 
 
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n.  E.g. When Jose saw his newborn daughter, a proud smile spread across his countenance.
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cool, refreshing state of air; art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries
mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly
liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
face or facial features; appearance, especially the expression of the face
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desultory
 
 
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a.  E.g. In prison Malcolm X set himself the task of reading straight through the dictionary; to him, reading was purposeful, not desultory.
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beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
behaving like slave; subordinate in capacity or function
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with subject
yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
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fauna
 
 
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n.  E.g. The scientist could visualize the fauna of the period by examining the skeletal remains and the fossils.
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animals of a period or region
extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency
final result; outcome or effect; central idea or point; gist
blessing; benefit bestowed, especially in response to a request
entire range; all notes in musical scale
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fruition
 
 
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n.  E.g. This building marks the fruition of all our aspirations and years of hard work.
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state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension; involuntary trembling or quivering
bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization
misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by public official
formal investigation, often held before a jury; judicial inquiry
condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference
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innocuous
 
 
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a.  E.g. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively innocuous and should have no ill effect on you.
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having no adverse effect; harmless
marked by energy and vigor; manly; able to copulate, as for male
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
full of initiative; marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
no longer current or applicable; antiquated
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modicum
 
 
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n.  E.g. Although his story is based on a modicum of truth, most of the events he describes are fictitious.
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anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance
wool of sheep or similar animal; outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
limited quantity; small or moderate amount; any small thing
period of greatest popularity, success, or power; golden age
mental keenness; quickness of perception
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prattle
 
 
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v.  E.g. Baby John used to prattle on and on about the cats and his ball and the Cookie Monster.
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outsmart; trick; beat through cleverness and wit
speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly; talk artlessly and childishly
restore to good condition; renew
leave to someone by a will; hand down
engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
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sardonic
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. The sardonic humor of nightclub comedians who satirize or ridicule patrons in the audience strikes some people as amusing and others as rude.
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unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse
unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking
over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
throw into confusion; deeply involved especially in something complicated
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slur
 
 
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v.  E.g. When Sol has too much to drink, he starts to slur his words: "Washamatter? Cansh you undershtand what I shay?".
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move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
speak indistinctly; pass over carelessly or with little notice
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; discard as refuse
outsmart; trick; beat through cleverness and wit
become quiet or less intensive
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torrent
 
 
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n.  E.g. You can see the torrent run downhill in day after day heavy rains.
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forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
lizard that changes color in different situations
act of throwing or shooting out; darting or casting forth; uttering of exclamations, or of brief exclamatory phrases
double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith.
rushing stream; flood; heavy downpour
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