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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n.  E.g. He was at the apex of his career: he had climbed to the top of the heap.
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person without permanent home who moves from place to place; wanderer; tramp
intruder; one that interferes with affairs of others, often for selfish reasons
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
board on which painter mixes pigments
aggressive entrance into foreign territory; raid or invasion
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bulwark
 
 
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n.  E.g. The navy is our principal bulwark against invasion.
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intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
convenient features; courtesies
reparation; getting something back again; restoring something to its original state
earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
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decomposition
 
 
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n.  E.g. Despite the body's advanced state of decomposition, the police were able to identify the murdered man.
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serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
edge, especially of a round surface; surface of a solid; circumference
faithless lover; fickle lover; flirt, usually applies only to men
breakdown or decay of organic materials; act or result of decomposing
direct, quick route; direct, straight course
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domicile
 
 
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n.  E.g. Although his legal domicile was in New York City, his work kept him away from his residence for many years.
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act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation
brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
self-evident truth requiring no proof
place of residence of a person or a family
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floe
 
 
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n.  E.g. The ship made slow progress as it battered its way through the ice floe.
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hugeness in a bad sense; act of extreme evil or wickedness
rebuke; punishment or retribution that one deserves; outcome which is justly deserved
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
masses of leaves; a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
mass of floating ice; ice formed by freezing of surface-water of polar oceans
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fruition
 
 
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n.  E.g. This building marks the fruition of all our aspirations and years of hard work.
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bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization
lack of self-confidence or courage
beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; process of receiving within
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
wool of sheep or similar animal; outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
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laconic
 
 
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a.  E.g. Many of the characters portrayed by Clint Eastwood are laconic types: strong men of few words.
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lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
overwhelming; incapable of being passed over or overcome
brief; effectively cut short; marked by use of few words
demanding great effort or labor; difficult
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ogle
 
 
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v.  E.g. At the coffee house, Walter was too shy to ogle the pretty girls openly; instead, he peeked out at them from behind a rubber plant.
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form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will
avoid deliberately; keep away from
mislead; delude; deceive by guile
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice
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parochial
 
 
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a.  E.g. Although Jane Austen sets her novels in small rural communities, her concerns are universal, not parochial,.
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subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
likely to fail or be inaccurate
narrow in outlook; related to local church community
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rife
 
 
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a.  E.g. In the face of the many rumors of scandal, which are rife at the moment, it is best to remain silent.
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capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
unrefined; crude or indecent; of this world; worldly
excessively abundant or numerous; in widespread existence, practice, or use
lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
expedient; artful, crafty or cunning; using, displaying, or proceeding from policy
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superfluous
 
 
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a.  E.g. Betsy lacked the heart to tell June that the wedding present she brought was superfluous; she and Bob had already received five toasters.
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being beyond what is required or sufficient
abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical
earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
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unwarranted
 
 
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a.  E.g. We could not understand Martin's unwarranted rudeness to his mother's guests.
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flexible; moving and bending with ease
having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
occurring or taking place in person's mind rather than external world; unreal
mixed up; difficult to understand because it has been distorted
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