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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apropos
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. I'll admit - this list is completely in apropos of nothing.
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cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
with reference or regard; in respect
fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby
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barricade
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. Marius and his fellow students hurriedly improvised a rough barricade to block police access to the students' quarter.
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huge creature; something enormous in size or power
slow gallop; moderate running pace of horse
hastily put together defensive barrier; obstacle
rectangular frame attached working parts, as of automobile
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
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collaborate
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. The easy way to collaborate is to pay attention to the small things in life.
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gradually deprive infants of mother's milk; detach affections of
draw back or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from blow
work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
bring up out of earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
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elaboration
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. Tell what happened simply, without any elaboration.
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ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
production by gradual process; act of working out with great care in detail
swiftness of action or motion; speed
dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality
small exclusive group of friends or associates
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evocative
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Scent can be remarkably evocative: the aroma of pipe tobacco evokes the memory of my father.
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exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent
full of initiative; marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
temporary; provided for present need only
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
tending to call up emotions, memories
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gainsay
 
 
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v.  E.g. She was too honest to gainsay the truth of the report.
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make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to former state of health or good repute
pay costs of; undertake payment of; make compensation to or for
assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
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lament
 
 
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v.  E.g. Even advocates of the war lament the loss of so many lives in combat.
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grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
make whole; combine; make into one unit
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
gradually deprive infants of mother's milk; detach affections of
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mosaic
 
 
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n.  E.g. The mayor compared the city to a beautiful mosaic made up of people of every race and religion on earth.
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slingshot; hurling machine; military machine for hurling missiles, used in ancient and medieval times
picture design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into surface
reserve; state or quality of being reluctant; unwillingness
lack of seriousness; lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
line around an area to enclose or guard it
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pare
 
 
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v.  E.g. My hands are sore after I pare hundreds of potatoes for the banquet.
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throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily
look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice
remove outer covering or skin of with knife or similar instrument
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retrospective
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. The Museum of Graphic Arts is holding a retrospective showing of the paintings of Michael Whelan over the past two decades.
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existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
outgoing and sociable; broad and extensive; able to increase in size
looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
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squalor
 
 
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n.  E.g. Rusted, broken-down cars in its yard, trash piled up on the porch, tar paper peeling from the roof, the shack was the picture of squalor.
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gradual intrusion; entry into a place that was previously uncommon; advance beyond former borders
filthy and wretched condition or quality; dirty or neglected state
hugeness in a bad sense; act of extreme evil or wickedness
hard monotonous routine work
truthfulness; unwillingness to tell lies
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voyeur
 
 
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n.  E.g. Every night he was at the window, and felt like some kind of voyeur,
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crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group; likeness or image, especially of a person
conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
viewer who enjoys seeing sex acts or sex organs of others
fine thread or fiber; thin wire; threadlike structure within light bulb
one that expounds or interprets; one that speaks for, represents, or advocates
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