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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ardent
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. All her fellow demonstrators were busily making posters and handing out flyers, inspired by her ardent enthusiasm for the cause.
Select answer:
displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits
separated at joints; out of joint; lacking order or coherence
advanced in development; appearing or developing early
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browbeat
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. Billy resisted Ted's attempts to browbeat him handing over his lunch money.
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bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
make invalid; nullify; destroy
refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
speak indistinctly; pass over carelessly or with little notice
restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper
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cipher
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Lacking his code book, the spy was unable to decode the message sent to him in cipher.
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secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
feeling of being bored by something tedious
cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
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despondent
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. To the dismay of his parents, William became seriously despondent after he broke up with Jan; they despaired of finding a cure for his gloom.
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by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually
plentiful; possessing riches or resources
in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
giving pleasure or satisfaction of the senses; having strong sexual appeal
done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care
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epitome
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. Singing "I am the very model of a modern Major-General," in The Pirates of Penzance, Major-General Stanley proclaimed himself the epitome of an officer and a gentleman.
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lack of seriousness; lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
intensity of feeling; warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
capacity of guardian; guardianship; capacity or activity of tutor; instruction or teaching
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impassive
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Refusing to let the enemy see how deeply shaken he was by his capture, the prisoner kept his face impassive.
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without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
animated; lively; vigorous and active
decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten; decayed
fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby
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incidence
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. The highest incidence is found in Britain, Australia and Belgium: 30 per 1,000,000 per year.
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small rounded hill or mound; top or crown of hill
female sheep, especially when full grown
fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion; secluded, quiet place
rate of occurrence; particular occurrence
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omnipotent
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The monarch regarded himself as omnipotent and responsible to no one for his acts.
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not open to question; obviously true; beyond dispute or doubt
all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force
uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
giving a false appearance of frankness; not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule
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parity
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. Unfortunately, some doubt exists whether women's salaries will ever achieve parity with men's.
Select answer:
equality in status or amount; similarity or close
firmness of hold or of purpose; persistence
short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
uniformity or lack of variation; continual increase, or continual decrease; tedium as a result of repetition
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rehabilitate
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. We must rehabilitate those whom we send to prison.
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be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
disturb composure of; dismay; ruffle
restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to former state of health or good repute
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solicitous
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. The employer was very solicitous about the health of her employees as replacements were difficult to get.
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existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
inclined to interfere in other people's business; intrusive in offensive manner
unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless
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utopia
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. Fed up with this imperfect universe, Don would have liked to run off to Shangri-la or some other imaginary utopia.
Select answer:
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at beginning of illness
ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
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