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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amorous
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. "Love them and leave them" was the motto of the amorous Don Juan.
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felt in one's inner organs; obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
gigantic; of great comparative size
moved by sexual love; loving
similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
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bustle
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. David and the children bustle about the house getting in each other's way as they try to pack for the camping trip.
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move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
rid or deprive of inhabitants; lay waste; devastate
delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
stir up fire; feed plentifully; supply a furnace with fuel
approach; tend to meet; come together
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countenance
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. He refused to countenance such rude behavior on their part.
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extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
surround with armed forces; harass with requests
pierce; kill by piercing with a spear or sharp
disturb composure of; dismay; ruffle
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delude
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. His mistress may delude herself into believing that he would leave his wife and marry her.
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make amends or pay the penalty for; relieve or cleanse of guilt
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
deceive mind or judgment of; lead from truth or into error; frustrate or disappoint
disable or disqualify; deprive of capacity or natural power
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fauna
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. The scientist could visualize the fauna of the period by examining the skeletal remains and the fossils.
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animals of a period or region
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation
fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
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gruel
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. Our daily allotment of gruel made the meal not only monotonous but also unpalatable.
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short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
necessary requirement; indispensable item
photographic composition combining elements from different sources
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
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irreconcilable
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Because the separated couple were irreconcilable, the marriage counselor recommended a divorce.
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wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
incompatible; not able to be resolved
moved by sexual love; loving
overly simple; simplifying something so that its complexity is lost or important details are overlooked
being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
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odious
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Cinderella's ugly stepsisters had the odious habit of popping their zits in public.
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hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure
lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually
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parody
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. The show Forbidden Broadway presents a parody spoofing the year's new productions playing on Broadway.
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general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at beginning of illness
superiority or decisive advantage; domination
work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
poet, especially lyric poet
wild and exciting undertaking; adventurous or unconventional act
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pseudonym
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Samuel Clemens' pseudonym was Mark Twain.
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excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
large tent, often with open sides, used chiefly for outdoor entertainment; roof like structure
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solicit
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. Knowing she needed to have a solid majority for the budget to pass, the mayor telephoned all the members of the city council to solicit their votes.
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hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
avoid cleverly; escape perception of
luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn; express sorrow or grief over; regret
request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
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ungainly
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. "If you want to know whether Nick's an ungainly dancer, check out my bruised feet," said Nora.
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devout; religious; exhibiting strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
not open to question; obviously true; beyond dispute or doubt
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