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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abstain
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. After considering the effect of alcohol on his athletic performance, he decided to abstain from drinking while he trained for the race.
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cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water (дуновение)
pollute; make dirty or spotty (дефиле)
wound seriously; cause permanent loss of function of limb or part of body (калечат)
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of (отказаться)
refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice (воздержаться)
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averse
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. The reporter was averse to revealing the sources of his information.
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having been delayed; done or sent too late (запоздалый)
animated; lively; vigorous and active (живая)
reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling (прочь)
totally in love; marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness (влюбленных)
capable of igniting and burning; easily aroused or excited (горючих)
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clump
 
 
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n.  E.g. Hiding behind the clump of bushes, the fugitives waited for the heavy sound of the soldiers' feet to fade away.
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unfortunate occurrence; mishap; bad luck (неудача)
extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency (бедность)
natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection (склонность)
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use (мода)
cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; sound of heavy treading (комок)
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derivative
 
 
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a.  E.g. Although her early poetry was clearly derivative in nature, the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.
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with reference or regard; in respect (поводу)
full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through (пористых)
unoriginal; derived from another source (производной)
well-bred; marked by refinement in taste and manners (благородные)
impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous (удивительный)
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exodus
 
 
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n.  E.g. The exodus from the hot and stuffy city was particularly noticeable on Friday evenings.
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separation or division into factions; formal division or split within religious body (раскол)
departure of a large number of people (Исход)
intensity of feeling; warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion (пыл)
school, especially a theological school for training of priests, ministers, or rabbis; school of higher education, especially for girls (семинарии)
act of awaking from sleep; arousing from what is like sleep (возбуждение)
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ignoble
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. This plan is inspired by ignoble motives and I must, therefore, oppose it.
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not to be taken away; nontransferable (неотъемлемое)
able to float; cheerful and optimistic (плавучей)
unselfishly generous; concerned for others (альтруистических)
marked by disorder; untidy; having hair in loose disorder (растрепанные)
of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy (неблагородно)
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incongruous
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Dave saw nothing incongruous about wearing sneakers with his tuxedo; he couldn't understand why his date took one look at him and started to laugh.
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not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility (нелепо)
differing; tending to move apart in different directions (расходящиеся)
giving out or shedding light, as sun or fire; reflecting light; having brilliant surface (блестящие)
perceptive; shrewd; having insight (прозорливый)
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative (задумчивый)
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ostentatious
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Donald Trump's latest casino in Atlantic City is the most ostentatious gambling palace in the East.
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flowing, as writing letters joined one to another without raising pen; running (скоропись)
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious (осмотрительнее)
of the same or similar nature or kind (однородных)
showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention (показной)
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud (мошеннических)
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pander
 
 
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v.  E.g. The reviewer accused the makers of Lethal Weapon to pander to the masses' taste for violence.
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make less severe or harsh; moderate (смягчение)
offer illicit sex with third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations (потворствовать)
blow in heavy gusts; speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner (бахвальство)
stand idly about; linger aimlessly; proceed slowly or with many stops (мешкать)
make uneasy or anxious; trouble (беспокойство)
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seismic
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. The Richter scale is a measurement of seismic disturbances.
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caused by earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking (��ейсмических)
being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native (аборигенов)
tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope (включительно)
brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words (краткий)
being beyond what is required or sufficient (лишних)
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stoic
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. I wasn't particularly stoic when I had my flu shot; I squealed like a stuck pig.
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acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten (приемлемыми)
indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain (стоически)
fragrant or sweet-smelling; caused by fragrant odor (ароматических)
using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word (Verbatim)
hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion (упрямый)
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traverse
 
 
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v.  E.g. When you traverse this field alone, be careful of the bull.
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wound seriously; cause permanent loss of function of limb or part of body (калечат)
disturb composure of; dismay; ruffle (смущает)
violate with violence, especially to sacred place (осквернить)
go through or across, often under difficult conditions (траверс)
cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion (воскликнуть)
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