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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agitate
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. Since President has now announced that Emergency, the only demand that the lawyers can now agitate is the restoration of the old Supreme Court.
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give authorization or approval to something; penalize a state, especially for violating international law
go backwards; decline to inferior state; degenerate
be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice
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bequeath
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. Though Maud had intended to bequeath the family home to her nephew, she died before changing her will.
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plead; make earnest request of; ask for earnestly
disable or disqualify; deprive of capacity or natural power
leave to someone by a will; hand down
make invalid; nullify; destroy
avoid deliberately; keep away from
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clench
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. "Open wide," said the dentist, but Clint seemed to clench his teeth even more tightly than before.
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imply or require; cause to ensue or accrue; cut or carve in ornamental way
make something last; preserve from extinction
appease or pacify; bring peace to
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
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duplicity
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. When Tanya learned that Mark had been two-timing her, she was furious at his duplicity.
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positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith.
title; chapter heading; text under illustration
excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance
feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
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expenditure
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. When you are operating on an expense account, you must keep each receipt of expenditure.
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decree ,especially issued by a sovereign; official command
one that expounds or interprets; one that speaks for, represents, or advocates
payment or expense; output
sign of something coming; art or practice of foretelling events by signs or omens
slow gallop; moderate running pace of horse
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humid
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. She could not stand the humid climate and moved to a drier area.
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demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid
hard to understand; known only in a particular group
containing a high amount of water or water vapor
wholly absorbing one's attention
no longer current or applicable; antiquated
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judicious
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. At a key moment in his life, he made a judicious investment that was the foundation of his later wealth.
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familiar, as by study or experience; able to converse knowledgeably
exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent
curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
dull, unimaginative, and commonplace; old-fashioned; stuffy
accidental; by chance; coming or occurring without any cause
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notable
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Today the head cook was shaking, for the notable chef Julia Child was coming to dinner.
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fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure
overwhelming; incapable of being passed over or overcome
impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
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placid
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. After his vacation in this placid section, he felt soothed and rested.
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open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
winding; twisting; curving in alternate directions; having the shape or form of a snake
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
not literal, but metaphorical; using figure of speech
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sacrilegious
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. His stealing of the altar cloth was a very sacrilegious act.
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred; violating sacred things; profane
admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
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smelt
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. The furnace men smelt tin with copper to create a special alloy used in making bells.
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pollute; make dirty or spotty
scold harshly; criticize severely
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
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verdant
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Monet's paintings of the verdant meadows were symphonies in green.
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unconventional in an artistic way
hard to understand; known only in a particular group
essential; not imaginary; actual or real
being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct
green; full of juice in vegetation
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