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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armada
 
 
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n.  E.g. Queen Elizabeth's navy defeated the mighty armada that threatened the English coast.
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long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation
self-evident truth requiring no proof
a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
account or history of descent of person or family from ancestor; lineage
shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
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axiom
 
 
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n.  E.g. Before a student can begin to think along the lines of Euclidean geometry, he must accept certain principle or axiom.
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self-evident truth requiring no proof
sudden outburst of emotion or action; sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease
sudden sharp turn or twist; strange attitude or habit; peculiarity of behavior
devaluation; decrease in price or value
withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
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cumulative
 
 
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a.  E.g. Vocabulary building is a cumulative process: as you go through your flash cards, you will add new words to your vocabulary, one by one.
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increasing by successive addition
difficult to use or handle because of size or weight or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture
exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent
turned to one side; twisted; marked by humorous twist, often with a touch of irony
leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
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embody
 
 
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v.  E.g. Cheering on his rival Mark McGwire's efforts to break Roger Maris's home run record, Sammy Sosa did embody the spirit of true sportsmanship.
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leave someone who needs or counts on you
catch sight of; discover by careful observation or scrutiny
condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner
give a bodily form to; represent in bodily or material form; incorporate
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
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fanfare
 
 
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n.  E.g. The exposition was opened with a fanfare of trumpets and the firing of cannon.
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limited quantity; small or moderate amount; any small thing
main impact or shock; main burden
loud flourish of brass instruments, especially trumpets; spectacular public display
reserve; state or quality of being reluctant; unwillingness
concave cut into a surface or edge; small hollow or depression
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hulking
 
 
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a.  E.g. Despite his hulking build, the heavyweight boxing champion was surprisingly light on his feet.
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relating to language or linguistics; relating to study of language
without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
massive; bulky; great in size
not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
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jaunt
 
 
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n.  E.g. He took a quick jaunt to Atlantic City.
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sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
intense interest; eagerness to accomplish some object
shack; small, wretched house
short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; short journey
abnormal; markedly different from an accepted norm
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obsequious
 
 
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a.  E.g. Helen liked to be served by people who behaved as if they respected themselves; nothing irritated her more than an excessively obsequious waiter or a fawning salesclerk.
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knowing or perceiving; part of mental functions that deals with logic
hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion
comical because of strangeness; ludicrously comical; clownish; bizarre
free, without charge; costing nothing
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
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preamble
 
 
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n.  E.g. In the preamble to the Constitution, the purpose of the document is set forth.
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short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
introductory statement; introductory paragraph or division of discourse or writing
cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
measure or dimension from side to side; width; extent
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renown
 
 
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n.  E.g. For many years an unheralded researcher, Barbara McClintock gained international renown when she won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.
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fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis; overstatement
usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
violation of law, command, or duty; exceeding of due bounds or limits
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snicker
 
 
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n.  E.g. The boy could not suppress a snicker when the teacher sat on the tack.
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great enjoyable or amusing activity
self-evident truth requiring no proof
laugh in half-suppressed or foolish manner; disrespectful laugh
coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
skilled public speaker; person who pronounces discourse publicly on some special occasion, as pleader or lawyer
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unassuming
 
 
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a.  E.g. He is so unassuming that some people fail to realize how great a man he really is.
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mixed up; difficult to understand because it has been distorted
skillful in the use of the hands; having mental skill
modest; not bold or forward; not arrogant
wholly absorbing one's attention
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
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