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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askew
 
 
(1)
ad.  E.g. When he placed his hat askew upon his head, his observers laughed.
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curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual
opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative
turned or twisted toward one side; at an angle
moved by sexual love; loving
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bawdy
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. Jack took offense at Jill's bawdy remarks. What kind of young man did she think he was?
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untimely; poorly chosen; inconvenient; unseasonable; unsuitable
occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
tending to call up emotions, memories
indecent; obscene; humorously coarse
curving outward; having surface that bulges outward, as the exterior of sphere
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chasm
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. They could not see the bottom of the chasm.
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severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
deep opening in the earth surface
brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
enthusiasm or liveliness; energetic style
wool of sheep or similar animal; outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
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dross
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. Many methods have been devised to separate the valuable metal from the dross.
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usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter
word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
something that holds back or causes problems with something else; obstacle
mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly
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erode
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. The film shows how dripping water to erode the limestone until only a thin shell remained.
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destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make urgent appeal
remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied
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impeach
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. The angry congressman wanted to impeach the president for his misdeeds.
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make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied
precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on
declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
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intermittent
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. The outdoor wedding reception had to be moved indoors to avoid the intermittent showers that fell on and off all afternoon.
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overwhelming; incapable of being passed over or overcome
periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
not to be taken away; nontransferable
wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; able to be steered
set apart; isolated in restricted sense, so remote from other bodies
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negligible
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Because the damage to his car had been negligible, Michael decided he wouldn't bother to report the matter to his insurance company.
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having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
wildly disordered; excessive enthusiasm or excitement; insane
being beyond what is required or sufficient
of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy
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pandemonium
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. When the ships collided in the harbor, pandemonium broke out among the passengers.
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state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
reservoir or water tank; vessel to hold water for household uses
surviving remnant; something left after loss or decay; object kept for its association with the past
one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing
abnormal; markedly different from an accepted norm
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propriety
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Miss Manners counsels her readers so that they may behave with due propriety in any social situation and not embarrass themselves.
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word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
color; appearance; particular gradation of color
fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
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solicitous
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. The employer was very solicitous about the health of her employees as replacements were difficult to get.
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very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly
large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse
set apart; isolated in restricted sense, so remote from other bodies
worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
relating to the sky or the heavens; supremely good; god or angel
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unfathomable
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Unable to get to the bottom of the mystery, Watson declared it was unfathomable.
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overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous
difficult or impossible to understand; difficult or impossible to measure
lacking proper seriousness; speaking freely; talkative; communicative
speechless; without or deprived of the use of speech or words
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