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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ardent
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. All her fellow demonstrators were busily making posters and handing out flyers, inspired by her ardent enthusiasm for the cause.
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unwilling or with reluctance; stingy
indefensible; not able to be maintained
fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
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behemoth
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. Just two weeks after Sam Stein first reported Citigroup's anti-union assault on the Employee Free Choice Act, the financial behemoth is taking their fight directly to the workers.
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loud flourish of brass instruments, especially trumpets; spectacular public display
cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
huge creature; something enormous in size or power
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
cheat; one who defrauds or makes practice of defrauding others
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decrepit
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. The decrepit car blocked traffic on the highway.
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inclined to interfere in other people's business; intrusive in offensive manner
equivalent in effect or value
unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities
weakened, worn out, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use
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dissent
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. They dissent from the Bishops Conferences, not the Universal Church, and their issue is not on “faith and morals,” but on social policy
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offer illicit sex with third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations
differ in opinion or feeling; withhold assent or approval
make invalid; nullify; destroy
attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
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exhaustive
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. We have made an exhaustive study of all published materials and are happy to share our research with you.
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light as air; heavenly; unusually refined
influential in original way; providing basis for further development; creative
timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
gay in manner, appearance, or action; easy and carefree
treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
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grandiose
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. The aged matinee idol still had grandiose notions of his supposed importance in the theatrical world.
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under the influence of alcohol; intoxicated; drunk
not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
set apart; isolated in restricted sense, so remote from other bodies
casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed
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incipient
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. I will go to sleep early for I want to break an incipient cold.
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difficult to use or handle because of size or weight or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed
young and inexperienced; having just acquired its flight feathers
beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
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molten
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The city of Pompeii was destroyed by volcanic ash rather than by molten lava flowing from Mount Vesuvius.
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of isolated people, especially having a narrow viewpoint
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
made liquid by heat; glowing red-hot; being in a state of fusion
wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; able to be steered
obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
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piecemeal
 
 
(9)
ad.  E.g. Tolstoy's War and Peace is too huge to finish in one sitting; I'll have to read it piecemeal.
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trivial; of slight worth or importance; frivolous or idle
done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care
extremely disturbed from emotion
cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually
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provisional
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. Polanski is in provisional detention in Switzerland.
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reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
equivalent in effect or value
impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
careful to fulfill obligations; expressing or filled with sense of obligation
temporary; provided for present need only
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subside
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. The doctor assured us that the fever would eventually subside.
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make uneasy or anxious; trouble
condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
leave someone who needs or counts on you
restore to good condition; renew
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voluminous
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. A caftan is a voluminous garment; most people wearing one look as if they're draped in a small tent.
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large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse
not open to question; obviously true; beyond dispute or doubt
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
modest; not bold or forward; not arrogant
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