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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assail
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. These days nightmares assail him regularly.
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assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
say, state, or perform again or repeatedly
beat or pound with fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly
go through or across, often under difficult conditions
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banal
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. The writer made his comic sketch seem banal, only a few people liked it.
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fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby
extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
giving out or shedding light, as sun or fire; reflecting light; having brilliant surface
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
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decadence
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. The moral decadence of the people was reflected in the lewd literature of the period.
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small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border
process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay
loud flourish of brass instruments, especially trumpets; spectacular public display
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dissemble
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. Even though John tried to dissemble his motive for taking modern dance, we all knew he was there not to dance but to meet girls.
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overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; make a false show of
turn into vapor, steam, gas, or fog; decrease rapidly and disappear
cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
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expiate
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. He tried to expiate his crimes by a full confession to the authorities.
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make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
corrupt; seduce from virtue
attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
make amends or pay the penalty for; relieve or cleanse of guilt
differ in opinion or feeling; withhold assent or approval
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heedless
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. He drove on, heedless of the danger warnings placed at the side of the road.
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brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
winding; twisting; curving in alternate directions; having the shape or form of a snake
rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless
bold; incapable of being discouraged; fearless
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litany
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. On this solemn day, the congregation responded to the prayers of the priest during the litany with fervor and intensity.
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swiftness of action or motion; speed
skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity
active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; process of receiving within
repetitive or incantatory recital; long and tedious address
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murky
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The murky depths of the swamp were so dark that one couldn't tell the vines and branches from the snakes.
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slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter
extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
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proclivity
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. Watching the two-year-old boy voluntarily put away his toys, I was amazed by his proclivity for neatness.
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study of origin and nature of ideas
inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
flowing; series of changes; state of being liquid through heat
central or vital part; most material and central part; grain or seed as of corn
extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
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scurvy
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. Peter Pan sneered at Captain Hook and his scurvy crew.
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pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby
unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless
clear, transparent or bright; calm, untroubled, and without worry
easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
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stringent
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. I think these regulations are too stringent.
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sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
feasible; capable of being effected, done, or put into practice
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid
reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
of the same or similar nature or kind
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traverse
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. When you traverse this field alone, be careful of the bull.
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state without proof; assert to be true
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
expel; eject from a position or place; force out
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
go through or across, often under difficult conditions
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