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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abolish
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. In a letter to the British government, the EU has demanded that Britain abolish laws protecting religious freedom rights with regards to "sexual orientation."
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turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge
decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
cancel; put an end to; destroy completely
imply or require; cause to ensue or accrue; cut or carve in ornamental way
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austere
 
 
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a.  E.g. The headmaster's austere demeanor tended to scare off the more timid students, who never visited his study willingly.
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throw into confusion; deeply involved especially in something complicated
incapable of being pacified; not to be relieved;
very fat; large in body; overweight
harmful; tending to injure or impair; abusive; insulting
strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
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decrepit
 
 
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a.  E.g. The decrepit car blocked traffic on the highway.
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careful about money; economical
speechless; without or deprived of the use of speech or words
weakened, worn out, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use
impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt
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discord
 
 
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n.  E.g. Watching Tweedledum battle Tweedledee, Alice wondered what had caused this pointless discord.
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conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
edge, especially of a round surface; surface of a solid; circumference
dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality
direct ancestor; originator of a line of descent; originator or founder
difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree
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exertion
 
 
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n.  E.g. The exertion spent in unscrewing the rusty bolt left her exhausted.
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loud flourish of brass instruments, especially trumpets; spectacular public display
annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
effort; expenditure of much physical work
minor quarrel; noisy quarrel, usually about a trivial matter
viewer who enjoys seeing sex acts or sex organs of others
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hue
 
 
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n.  E.g. The aviary contained birds of every possible hue.
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everyday speech of people, as distinguished from literary language; natural style; standard native language of a country or locality
fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
board on which painter mixes pigments
any of various large, thick-skinned, hoofed mammals, as elephant
color; appearance; particular gradation of color
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inception
 
 
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n.  E.g. She was involved with the project from its inception.
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who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who acts in a practical or straightforward manner
large tent, often with open sides, used chiefly for outdoor entertainment; roof like structure
sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself
beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; process of receiving within
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molten
 
 
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a.  E.g. The city of Pompeii was destroyed by volcanic ash rather than by molten lava flowing from Mount Vesuvius.
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very liberal in giving; showing great generosity
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind
excessively abundant or numerous; in widespread existence, practice, or use
made liquid by heat; glowing red-hot; being in a state of fusion
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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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by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually
suggesting puzzlement; mocking; curious
rising in revolt against established authority; rebelling against leadership of political party
causing damage or harm; injurious
marked by or having equity; just and impartial
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reciprocal
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. The two nations signed a reciprocal trade agreement.
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concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
inclined to interfere in other people's business; intrusive in offensive manner
very showy or ornamented, especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
into separate parts or pieces; apart
departing from accepted beliefs or standards; oppositional
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tantamount
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Though Rudy claimed his wife was off visiting friends, his shriek of horror when she walked into the room was tantamount to a confession that he believed she was dead.
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obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
equivalent in effect or value
unconventional in an artistic way
warm and extremely humid; moist; damp; moldy
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tremor
 
 
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n.  E.g. She had a nervous tremor in her right hand.
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shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
humorous short verse; nonsense song or verse
quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
lack of caring; indifference
lack of self-confidence or courage
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