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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apprehension
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. His nervous glances at the passersby on the deserted street revealed his apprehension.
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board on which painter mixes pigments
excuse; something serving to conceal plans; fictitious reason
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; act of seizing or capturing; understanding
general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at beginning of illness
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blunder
 
 
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n.  E.g. The criminal's fatal blunder led to his capture.
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deep disgrace; shame or dishonor
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
bravery; force; power to attack or to resist attack
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
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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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freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
support; active pleading on behalf of something
cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; sound of heavy treading
face or facial features; appearance, especially the expression of the face
line around an area to enclose or guard it
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deluge
 
 
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n.  E.g. When we advertised the position, we received a deluge of applications.
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sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or personal gain
devaluation; decrease in price or value
measure or dimension from side to side; width; extent
flowing; series of changes; state of being liquid through heat
great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
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equinox
 
 
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n.  E.g. The vernal equinox is usually marked by heavy rainstorms.
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rushing stream; flood; heavy downpour
lever used to turn a rudder and steer a boat; drawer in table, chest, or counter
period of equal days and nights; beginning of Spring and Autumn
misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by public official
offensive or insulting treatment
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grudging
 
 
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a.  E.g. We received only grudging support from the mayor despite his earlier promises of aid.
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not open to question; obviously true; beyond dispute or doubt
fragrant or sweet-smelling; caused by fragrant odor
unwilling or with reluctance; stingy
good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
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insulated
 
 
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a.  E.g. That basic research and advanced technology budgets are not insulated from the big NASA projects.
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sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
unable to be restrained; difficult or impossible to control or restrain
set apart; isolated in restricted sense, so remote from other bodies
essential; not imaginary; actual or real
impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
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lunge
 
 
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v.  E.g. The wide receiver will lunge forward to grab the football.
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avoid deliberately; keep away from
determine votes; examine carefully or discuss thoroughly; scrutinize
reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily
beat or pound with fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly
quick forward dive or reach; thrust
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piecemeal
 
 
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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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arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive; hateful
by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually
cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
lacking proper seriousness; speaking freely; talkative; communicative
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pterodactyl
 
 
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n.  E.g. These remains of a pterodactyl indicate that the flying reptile had a wingspan of as much as twenty feet.
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condition of balance among various forces; inactivity resulting from static balance
poet, especially lyric poet
place where different tree varieties are exhibited
extinct flying reptiles that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods
mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
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sporadic
 
 
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a.  E.g. Although you can still hear sporadic outbursts of laughter and singing outside, the big Halloween parade has passed; the party's over till next year.
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lacking proper seriousness; speaking freely; talkative; communicative
surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits; superior
lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices
occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; unable to think in clear manner
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windfall
 
 
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n.  E.g. This huge tax refund is quite a windfall; we will go vocation by this money.
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large group of people gathered or crowded closely together
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or personal gain
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