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.
Stories of USA Today
Materials for Reading & Listening Practice
 Action Panel
 Questions & Answers
Show  
 Introduction
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!
Demo Test Sheet

askew
 
 
(1)
ad.  E.g. When he placed his hat askew upon his head, his observers laughed.
Select answer:
exactly and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
dull; lacking luster or shine
turned or twisted toward one side; at an angle
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
indecent; obscene; humorously coarse
Don't select.
aver
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. The witnesses aver that he was holding a gun.
Select answer:
represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe
turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge
declare to be true; affirm
leave someone who needs or counts on you
rebuke or scold angrily and at length
Don't select.
circumspect
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Investigating before acting, she tried always to be circumspect.
Select answer:
huge; of a tremendous size, volume, degree
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
composed of elements from a variety of sources
Don't select.
efface
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. He handled the coin so many times to efface its date.
Select answer:
behave arrogantly or pompously; walk with swaying motion
guarantee as safe; secure; promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor; permit
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
Don't select.
eon
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. It has taken an eon for our digital civilization to develop.
Select answer:
tender affection; love; act of showing affection
short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; short journey
indefinitely long period of time; age
edge, especially of a round surface; surface of a solid; circumference
gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
Don't select.
hoary
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. The man was hoary and wrinkled when he was 70.
Select answer:
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
clear, transparent or bright; calm, untroubled, and without worry
gray or white with or as if with age; covered with grayish hair
skillful and adept under pressing conditions
Don't select.
judicious
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. At a key moment in his life, he made a judicious investment that was the foundation of his later wealth.
Select answer:
friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful
very fat; large in body; overweight
exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent
careful about money; economical
in disrepair, run down; of very poor quality or condition
Don't select.
monotony
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. What could be more deadly dull than the monotony of punching numbers into a computer hour after hour?
Select answer:
a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
uniformity or lack of variation; continual increase, or continual decrease; tedium as a result of repetition
weapon that is thrown or projected; self-propelled missile, such as rocket; fired, thrown, or otherwise propelled object, such as bullet
introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
Don't select.
paroxysm
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. When he heard of his son's misdeeds, he was seized by a paroxysm of rage.
Select answer:
wild and exciting undertaking; adventurous or unconventional act
work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
sudden outburst of emotion or action; sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease
violation of rule or regulation; breach; minor offence or petty crime
Don't select.
reactionary
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. Opposing the use of English in worship services, reactionary forces in the church fought to reinstate the mass in Latin.
Select answer:
prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
differing; tending to move apart in different directions
large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse
marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm and resolute
opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative
Don't select.
servitude
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. Born a slave, Frederick Douglass resented his life of servitude and plotted to escape to the North.
Select answer:
physician specializing in delivery of babies
lack of self-confidence or courage
place where one can live in seclusion; home of one isolated from society for religious reasons
forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
blessing; benefit bestowed, especially in response to a request
Don't select.
usurp
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. The revolution ended when the victorious rebel general succeeded in his attempt to usurp the throne.
Select answer:
applaud; announce with great approval
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
charge; accuse formally of a crime
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
Don't select.
Create my Test Sheet