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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amicable
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Beth's sister Jo is the hot-tempered tomboy who has a hard time maintaining amicable relations with those around her.
Select answer:
admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous
exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
arrogant; feeling or showing haughty disdain; overbearing
momentary; temporary; staying for short time
saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
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calamity
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. As news of the calamity spread, offers of relief poured in to the stricken community.
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highest point; vertex; summit; climax
act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation
event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who acts in a practical or straightforward manner
shack; small, wretched house
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cloister
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. The nuns lived a secluded life in the cloister.
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long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface
patience; restraint of passions; act of forbearing or waiting
place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion; secluded, quiet place
flowing into; mass arrival or incoming
beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
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deplore
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. Although I deplore the vulgarity of your language, I defend your right to express yourself freely.
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put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources
dig out of ground; remove from grave
soil, smear so as to make dirty or stained
feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn; express sorrow or grief over; regret
determine votes; examine carefully or discuss thoroughly; scrutinize
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flux
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. While conditions are in such a state of flux, I do not wish to commit myself too deeply in this affair.
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insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency
flowing; series of changes; state of being liquid through heat
person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea
title; chapter heading; text under illustration
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impair
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. Drinking alcohol can impair your ability to drive safely; if you're going to drink, don't drive.
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free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
mislead; delude; deceive by guile
represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe
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intrinsic
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Although my grandmother's china has little intrinsic value, I shall always cherish it for the memories it evokes.
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extremely disturbed from emotion
magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
relating to essential nature of a thing; inherent; built-in
clear, transparent or bright; calm, untroubled, and without worry
wholly absorbing one's attention
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outlandish
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The eccentric professor who engages in markedly outlandish behavior is a stock figure in novels with an academic setting.
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capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten; decayed
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
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perfunctory
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. I introduced myself, and at my name his perfunctory manner changed; I knew he heard me before.
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timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
well-bred; marked by refinement in taste and manners
done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care
of isolated people, especially having a narrow viewpoint
exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
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seclusion
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Robinson is in seclusion, recovering from major surgery and suffering greatly from the loss of her only son.
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heavy substance used to add stability or weight
isolation; solitude; secluded place; shutting out or keeping apart
gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero
intense interest; eagerness to accomplish some object
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skulk
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. He used to skulk through the less fashionable sections of the city in order to avoid meeting any of his former friends.
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move furtively and secretly; hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner
draw back or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from blow
resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties
defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from
incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
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unwitting
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Pierce said criminals, such as unwitting gang members, will sometimes post information that can help with an investigation.
Select answer:
somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
behaving like slave; subordinate in capacity or function
not intended; not knowing; unaware; ignorant
without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
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