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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ascribe
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. Other people ascribe his exclusion from the canon to an unsubtle form of racism.
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ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
drive or force onward; drive forward; urge to action through moral pressure
inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
shift to clockwise direction; turn sharply; change direction abruptly
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besmirch
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. The scandalous remarks in the newspaper besmirch the reputations of every member of the society.
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soil, smear so as to make dirty or stained
cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water
free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
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dais
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. When he approached the dais, he was greeted by cheers from the people who had come to honor him.
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raised platform for guests of honor
enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis; overstatement
huge creature; something enormous in size or power
photographic composition combining elements from different sources
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docile
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. As docile as he seems today, that old lion was once a ferocious, snarling beast.
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pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
unoriginal; derived from another source
influential in original way; providing basis for further development; creative
periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
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eon
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. It has taken an eon for our digital civilization to develop.
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indefinitely long period of time; age
very small portion or allowance assigned, whether of food or money
last stop of railroad; final point or end; boundary or border
formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
natural consequence or effect; result
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grimace
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. Even though he remained silent, his grimace indicated his displeasure.
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board on which painter mixes pigments
act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
large cage, building, or inclosure in which birds are reared or kept
intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust
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irrevocable
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. As Sue dropped the "Dear John" letter into the mailbox, she suddenly wanted to take it back, but she could not: her action was irrevocable.
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disagreeing, especially with a majority; rebellious
tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
inclined to interfere in other people's business; intrusive in offensive manner
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overt
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. According to the United States Constitution, a person must commit an overt act before he may be tried for treason.
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winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
unclear or doubtful in meaning
leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled
still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct
open to view; not secret or hidden
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palette
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. At the present time, art supply stores are selling a paper palette that may be discarded after use.
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tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
board on which painter mixes pigments
omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event
remedy; compensation; act of correcting error or fault
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repeal
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. What would the effect on our society be if we repeal the laws against the possession and sale of narcotics?.
Select answer:
severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply
revoke or annul, especially by official or formal act
be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; discard as refuse
defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from
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submissive
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. When he refused to permit Elizabeth to marry her poet, Mr. Barrett expected her to be properly submissive; instead, she eloped!.
Select answer:
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
yielding; inclined or ready to submit
causing annoyance, weariness, or vexation; tedious
huge; of a tremendous size, volume, degree
occurring or taking place in person's mind rather than external world; unreal
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trifling
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Why bother going to see a doctor for such a trifling, everyday cold?.
Select answer:
opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative
trivial; of slight worth or importance; frivolous or idle
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
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