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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ambiguous
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. His ambiguous instructions misled us; we did not know which road to take.
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exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent
bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
departing from accepted beliefs or standards; oppositional
unclear or doubtful in meaning
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blunder
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The criminal's fatal blunder led to his capture.
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nook; small, recessed section of a room
gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
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chafe
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. The high collar used to chafe against my neck.
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establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support
wear away or irritate by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; annoy; vex
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
read or examine, typically with great care
refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
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disingenuous
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. Now that we know the mayor and his wife are engaged in a bitter divorce fight, we find their earlier remarks regretting their lack of time together remarkably disingenuous.
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having no adverse effect; harmless
giving a false appearance of frankness; not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
wholly absorbing one's attention
done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care
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fetid
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. These dogs are housed in fetid, dark sheds and barns or left outside in cages exposed to the cold, the heat, the rain and the snow.
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made liquid by heat; glowing red-hot; being in a state of fusion
capable of igniting and burning; easily aroused or excited
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
unpleasant-smelling; having offensive smell; stinking
used for feeling; relating to sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
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harrowing
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. At first the former prisoner did not wish to discuss his harrowing months of captivity as a political hostage.
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unwilling or with reluctance; stingy
agonizing; distressing extremely painful
not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
appetizing to taste or smell; salty or Non-Sweet; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
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irrevocable
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. As Sue dropped the "Dear John" letter into the mailbox, she suddenly wanted to take it back, but she could not: her action was irrevocable.
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concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary
full of rigors; harsh; rigidly accurate; precise
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid
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metropolis
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. Every evening the terminal is filled with thousands of commuters going from this metropolis to their homes in the suburbs.
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excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
prayer for help; calling upon as reference or support
major city, especially chief city of country or region
brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; one who is morbidly anxious about his health, and generally depressed
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preclude
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New Year's Eve would preclude their accepting the New Year's Eve gig in London.
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urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make urgent appeal
make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate
surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
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reprimand
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. Every time Ermengarde made a mistake in class, she was afraid that Miss Minchin would reprimand her and tell her father how badly she was doing in school.
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reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily
be responsible for; commit; do execute or perform, generally in bad sense
attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
dig out of ground; remove from grave
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spartan
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Looking over the bare, unheated room, with its hard cot, he wondered what he was doing in such spartan quarters.
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giving out or shedding light, as sun or fire; reflecting light; having brilliant surface
disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking
with reference or regard; in respect
causing annoyance, weariness, or vexation; tedious
avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
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ventriloquist
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. This ventriloquist does an act in which she has a conversation with a wooden dummy.
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very small portion or allowance assigned, whether of food or money
expression of warm approval; praise
line around an area to enclose or guard it
one who spoils pleasure or fun of others; spoilsport
one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing
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