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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assent
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. It gives me great pleasure to assent to your request.
Select answer:
reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily
decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner
charge; accuse formally of a crime
express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
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belie
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. His coarse, hard-bitten exterior does belie his inner sensitivity.
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draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer
explain or describe in detail
violate with violence, especially to sacred place
contradict; give a false impression
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
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cursory
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Because a cursory examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson, we believe the insurance agency should undertake a more extensive investigation of the fire's cause.
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easily approachable; warmly friendly
timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
free of guilt; not subject to blame; completely acceptable
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed
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desolate
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. The sounds of Nature are detailed with great delicacy in this appeal, and we see that the Alps are referred to as desolate regions.
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unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
dead; no longer in use or existence
relating to language or linguistics; relating to study of language
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enumerate
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. Huck hung his head in shame as Miss Watson began to enumerate his many flaws.
Select answer:
stir up fire; feed plentifully; supply a furnace with fuel
pierce; kill by piercing with a spear or sharp
dig out of ground; remove from grave
list each one; mention one by one
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
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forestall
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. The prospective bride and groom hoped to forestall any potential arguments about money in the event of a divorce.
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imprison; put into jail; shut up or enclose
prevent by taking action in advance
make invalid; nullify; destroy
block legislation by making long speeches
postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness
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limber
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Hours of ballet classes kept him limber.
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able to be dissolved; able to be explained
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
relating to essential nature of a thing; inherent; built-in
capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily
unwilling or with reluctance; stingy
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minuscule
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Why should I involve myself with a project with so minuscule a chance for success?
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overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
plentiful; possessing riches or resources
very small; tiny; lowercase letter
into separate parts or pieces; apart
aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with subject
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pious
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. The challenge for church people today is how to be pious in the best sense, that is, to be devout without becoming hypocritical.
Select answer:
giving out or shedding light, as sun or fire; reflecting light; having brilliant surface
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct
devout; religious; exhibiting strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
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scrupulous
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. Though Alfred is scrupulous in fulfilling his duties at work, he is less conscientious about his obligations to his family and friends.
Select answer:
exactly and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
acting as substitute; done by deputy; experienced at secondhand
looking within oneself; thoughtful about oneself; studying or exhibiting one's own internal state
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
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taut
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. The captain maintained that he ran a taut ship.
Select answer:
portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
pulled or drawn tight; kept in trim shape; neat and tidy
dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
demanding great effort or labor; difficult
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wily
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. She is as wily as a fox in avoiding trouble.
Select answer:
cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
causing annoyance, weariness, or vexation; tedious
not literal, but metaphorical; using figure of speech
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