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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amorous
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. "Love them and leave them" was the motto of the amorous Don Juan.
Select answer:
moved by sexual love; loving
high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism
huge; of a tremendous size, volume, degree
not essential; coming from outside
low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
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bustle
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. David and the children bustle about the house getting in each other's way as they try to pack for the camping trip.
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cancel; put an end to; destroy completely
enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
stockpile; accumulate for future use
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
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countenance
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. He refused to countenance such rude behavior on their part.
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chain; fetter; restraint that confines or restricts freedom
throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
behead; cut off the head of
scold harshly; criticize severely
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delude
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. His mistress may delude herself into believing that he would leave his wife and marry her.
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fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
deceive mind or judgment of; lead from truth or into error; frustrate or disappoint
give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
surround with armed forces; harass with requests
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fauna
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. The scientist could visualize the fauna of the period by examining the skeletal remains and the fossils.
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natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
conventions; moral standards; accepted traditional customs
inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
introduction, usually to a poem or play
animals of a period or region
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gruel
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. Our daily allotment of gruel made the meal not only monotonous but also unpalatable.
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piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
bravery; force; power to attack or to resist attack
liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
religious devotion and reverence to God; devout act, thought, or statement; godliness
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irreconcilable
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Because the separated couple were irreconcilable, the marriage counselor recommended a divorce.
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untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious
cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
deprived of; lacking; desolate because of loss
habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance
incompatible; not able to be resolved
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odious
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Cinderella's ugly stepsisters had the odious habit of popping their zits in public.
Select answer:
impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
in name only; insignificantly small
obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure
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parody
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. The show Forbidden Broadway presents a parody spoofing the year's new productions playing on Broadway.
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person without permanent home who moves from place to place; wanderer; tramp
work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
reserve; state or quality of being reluctant; unwillingness
prayer for help; calling upon as reference or support
one opposed to force; antimilitarist
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pseudonym
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Samuel Clemens' pseudonym was Mark Twain.
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science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
lack of self-confidence or courage
feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation
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solicit
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. Knowing she needed to have a solid majority for the budget to pass, the mayor telephoned all the members of the city council to solicit their votes.
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declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
list each one; mention one by one
request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
cut or clip hair; strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly
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ungainly
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. "If you want to know whether Nick's an ungainly dancer, check out my bruised feet," said Nora.
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occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
unlikely; difficult to believe; dubious
curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
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