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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affront
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. When Mrs. Proudie was not seated beside the Archdeacon at the head table, she took it as a personal affront and refused to speak to her hosts for a week.
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insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
reparation; getting something back again; restoring something to its original state
viewer who enjoys seeing sex acts or sex organs of others
goat's horn overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
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azure
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. Azure skies are indicative of good weather.
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sky blue; light purplish-blue
timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
having no equal; incomparable
marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
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cessation
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. The airline's employees threatened a cessation of all work if management failed to meet their demands.
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indefinitely long period of time; age
bringing or coming to end; ceasing
mental keenness; quickness of perception
chess move in which player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain advantageous position
being in debt; unpaid, overdue debt or an unfulfilled obligation
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deign
 
 
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v.  E.g. Microsoft is accusing Google with regard to Google's new App Sync software, which allows Gmail users to tap into any records they might deign to keep in Outlook.
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condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
irritate; stir to anger; stir up liquid; muddy
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
restore to good condition; renew
quick forward dive or reach; thrust
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ewe
 
 
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n.  E.g. An ewe has been missing from the flock of sheep.
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withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
female sheep, especially when full grown
mental disorder marked by confusion
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gratis
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. The company offered to give one package gratis to every purchaser of one of their products.
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mixed up; difficult to understand because it has been distorted
demanding great effort or labor; difficult
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
narrow in outlook; related to local church community
free, without charge; costing nothing
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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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yielding; inclined or ready to submit
devout; religious; exhibiting strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
behaving like slave; subordinate in capacity or function
massive; bulky; great in size
brief; effectively cut short; marked by use of few words
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loiter
 
 
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v.  E.g. The policeman told him not to loiter in the alley.
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stand idly about; linger aimlessly; proceed slowly or with many stops
make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
teach and impress by frequent repetitions
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painstaking
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. The truth is, I didn’t want to have to call any parents, so by outlining everything in painstaking detail in my newsletters, I could avoid it.
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lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices
unpleasant-smelling; having offensive smell; stinking
obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
weakened, worn out, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use
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refute
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to refute the false testimony of the prosecution's sole witness.
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teach and impress by frequent repetitions
decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach
disprove; prove to be false or incorrect
show or demonstrate clearly; overcome; conquer
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squabble
 
 
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n.  E.g. Children invariably get involved in such a squabble; wise parents know when to interfere and when to let the children work things out on their own.
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minor quarrel; noisy quarrel, usually about a trivial matter
act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation
doubter; person who suspends judgment until evidence has been examined
person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
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virulent
 
 
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a.  E.g. Laid up with a virulent case of measles, Vera blamed her doctors because her recovery took so long.
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not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter
mixed up; difficult to understand because it has been distorted
obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
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