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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addendum
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. The date on the bottom of the addendum is April 2007.
Select answer:
something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
component or part; citizen, voter
lever used to turn a rudder and steer a boat; drawer in table, chest, or counter
one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man
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banal
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. The writer made his comic sketch seem banal, only a few people liked it.
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leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
in disrepair, run down; of very poor quality or condition
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convex
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. He polished the convex lens of his telescope.
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animated; lively; vigorous and active
incapable of being pacified; not to be relieved;
curving outward; having surface that bulges outward, as the exterior of sphere
casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed
capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily
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depreciation
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. These days we all see a depreciation of the dollar against the yen.
Select answer:
devaluation; decrease in price or value
false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
mental keenness; quickness of perception
whirlpool; powerful circular current of water
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fleece
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. Further, Ossie does not have control over Susan's money, so he will not have the opportunity to fleece her.
Select answer:
rob; strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask unreasonable price
stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
drive out evil spirits by or as if by incantation, command, or prayer
pay costs of; undertake payment of; make compensation to or for
cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to broader area or larger number
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gruff
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Although he was blunt and gruff with most people, he was always gentle with children.
Select answer:
having rough, surly, or harsh nature
set apart; isolated in restricted sense, so remote from other bodies
able to float; cheerful and optimistic
lazy; slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive
green; full of juice in vegetation
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knoll
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. Robert's grave is on a knoll in Samoa; to reach the grave site, you must climb uphill and walk a short distance along a marked path.
Select answer:
reparation; getting something back again; restoring something to its original state
small rounded hill or mound; top or crown of hill
quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
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menagerie
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. Whenever the children run wild around the house, Mom shouts, "Calm down! I'm not running a menagerie!"
Select answer:
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
slow gallop; moderate running pace of horse
collection of live wild animals on exhibition; enclosure in which wild animals are kept
remedy; compensation; act of correcting error or fault
humorous short verse; nonsense song or verse
Don't select.
placebo
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. In a controlled experiment, fifty volunteers were given aspirin tablets; the control group received only placebo ones.
Select answer:
decree ,especially issued by a sovereign; official command
number of members necessary to conduct a meeting; select group
practice of ending life of hopelessly ill individuals; assisted suicide
very small portion or allowance assigned, whether of food or money
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
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reprisal
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Villagers have reported that thousands of homes have been burned to the ground in reprisal attacks mainly by the FDLR.
Select answer:
exact copy or reproduction, as of a document; fax
production by gradual process; act of working out with great care in detail
action taken in return for injury or offense
contrast; direct contrast; opposition
direct ancestor; originator of a line of descent; originator or founder
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subjective
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Your analysis is highly subjective; you have permitted your emotions and your opinions to color your thinking.
Select answer:
occurring or taking place in person's mind rather than external world; unreal
weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; showing sorrow
wildly disordered; excessive enthusiasm or excitement; insane
casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed
beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
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veracity
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. Asserting his veracity, young George Washington proclaimed, "Father, I cannot tell a lie!"
Select answer:
aggressive entrance into foreign territory; raid or invasion
feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
intense interest; eagerness to accomplish some object
truthfulness; unwillingness to tell lies
whirlpool; powerful circular current of water
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