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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affront
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. When Mrs. Proudie was not seated beside the Archdeacon at the head table, she took it as a personal affront and refused to speak to her hosts for a week.
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vain man; one who want to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference
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audacious
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. Audiences cheered as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia made their audacious, death defying leap to freedom, escaping Darth Vader's troops.
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cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
urgent or pressing; able to deal authoritatively; dictatorial
rounded like an egg; in a shape reminding of an ellipse; oval
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countenance
 
 
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v.  E.g. He refused to countenance such rude behavior on their part.
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fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
free of; rid; remove all of one's clothing
fall from clouds; hurl or throw violently; fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
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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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condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner
rid or deprive of inhabitants; lay waste; devastate
soil, smear so as to make dirty or stained
stockpile; accumulate for future use
delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
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fawning
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. She was constantly surrounded by a group of fawning admirers who hoped to win some favor.
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wildly disordered; excessive enthusiasm or excitement; insane
hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure
able to live both on land and in water
all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force
attempting to win favor by flattering; flattering
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fulcrum
 
 
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n.  E.g. If we use this stone as a fulcrum and the crowbar as a lever, we may be able to move this boulder.
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vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art
reservoir or water tank; vessel to hold water for household uses
noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression
fixed and regular payment, such as salary for services or allowance.
support on which a lever rests; prop or support
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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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quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism
related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
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obtuse
 
 
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a.  E.g. What can you do with somebody who's so obtuse that he can't even tell that you're insulting him?.
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lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous
rubbing away; tending to grind down
reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
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paroxysm
 
 
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n.  E.g. When he heard of his son's misdeeds, he was seized by a paroxysm of rage.
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sudden outburst of emotion or action; sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease
large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
period of greatest popularity, success, or power; golden age
person without permanent home who moves from place to place; wanderer; tramp
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salient
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. One of the salient features of that newspaper is its excellent editorial page.
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prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits; superior
mixed up; difficult to understand because it has been distorted
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
trivial; of slight worth or importance; frivolous or idle
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tepid
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. During the summer, I like to take a tepid bath, not a hot one.
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unwilling or reluctant; filled with disgust or aversion; dislike
equivalent in effect or value
moderately warm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted
of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy
indefensible; not able to be maintained
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wily
 
 
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a.  E.g. She is as wily as a fox in avoiding trouble.
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cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive; hateful
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
of the same size, extent, or duration as another
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
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