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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ascribe
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. Other people ascribe his exclusion from the canon to an unsubtle form of racism.
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talk rapidly, unintelligibly, or idly
irritate; stir to anger; stir up liquid; muddy
engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
lay responsibility or blame for, often unjustly
inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
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balk
 
 
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v.  E.g. When the warden learned that several inmates were planning to escape, he took steps to balk their attempt.
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avoid cleverly; escape perception of
stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
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coiffure
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. You can make a statement with your choice of coiffure: in the sixties many African Americans affirmed their racial heritage by wearing their hair in Afros.
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analysis; cutting apart in order to examine
hairstyle; head-dress; manner of arranging or dressing hair
one that expounds or interprets; one that speaks for, represents, or advocates
person with insane desire to set things on fire
separation or division into factions; formal division or split within religious body
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emulate
 
 
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v.  E.g. In a brief essay, describe a person you admire, someone whose virtues you would like to emulate.
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guarantee as safe; secure; promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor; permit
be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
foretell or predict; indicate or warn of in advance
dig out of ground; remove from grave
irritate; stir to anger; stir up liquid; muddy
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filibuster
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. Even though we disapproved of Senator Foghorn's political goals, we were impressed by his ability to filibuster endlessly to keep an issue from coming to a vote.
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cut away; cut out; remove by or as if by cutting
rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils
soil, smear so as to make dirty or stained
block legislation by making long speeches
stockpile; accumulate for future use
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implacable
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Madame Defarge was the implacable enemy of the Evremonde family.
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worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
incapable of being pacified; not to be relieved;
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infuriate
 
 
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v.  E.g. Her big brother's teasing used to infuriate Margaret; no matter how hard she tried to keep her temper, he always got her goat.
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plead; make earnest request of; ask for earnestly
speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
raise in rank or dignity; praise
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
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motif
 
 
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n.  E.g. This simple motif runs throughout the entire score.
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repetitive or incantatory recital; long and tedious address
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
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philanderer
 
 
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n.  E.g. Swearing he had never so much as looked at another woman, Ralph assured Alice he was no philanderer.
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feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man
great enjoyable or amusing activity
liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
faithless lover; fickle lover; flirt, usually applies only to men
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rejuvenate
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. The Charlatan claimed that his elixir would rejuvenate the aged and weary.
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overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
make young again; restore to youthful vigor or appearance
go backwards; decline to inferior state; degenerate
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superfluous
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Betsy lacked the heart to tell June that the wedding present she brought was superfluous; she and Bob had already received five toasters.
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still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct
demanding great effort or labor; difficult
being beyond what is required or sufficient
comparable; similar or alike
capable of igniting and burning; easily aroused or excited
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vertigo
 
 
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n.  E.g. When you test potential airplane pilots, my vertigo is at a point where the highs and the lows are varying a lot.
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person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others
effort; expenditure of much physical work
period of greatest popularity, success, or power; golden age
severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
reservoir or water tank; vessel to hold water for household uses
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