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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abate
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.
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explain or describe in detail
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
object because of doubts; hesitate
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cavalcade
 
 
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n.  E.g. As described by Chaucer, the cavalcade of Canterbury pilgrims was a motley group.
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study of historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words
ceremonial procession or display; succession or series
mass of floating ice; ice formed by freezing of surface-water of polar oceans
active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself
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concave
 
 
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a.  E.g. The back-packers found partial shelter from the storm by huddling against the concave wall of the cliff.
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gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
false; tending to mislead; deceptive
deceptive or tending of deceive; not real
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
hollow; curved like inner surface of sphere
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digress
 
 
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v.  E.g. The professor does not digress from the topic and never bores his students.
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put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
guarantee as safe; secure; promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor; permit
turn aside, especially from main subject in writing or speaking
increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
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fallible
 
 
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a.  E.g. I know I am fallible, but I feel confident that I am right this time.
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skillful and adept under pressing conditions
able to float; cheerful and optimistic
having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
likely to fail or be inaccurate
bold; incapable of being discouraged; fearless
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garnish
 
 
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v.  E.g. Top with pan drippings and garnish with a drizzle of good olive oil and a lemon wedge.
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decorate with ornamental appendages
scold harshly; criticize severely
foretell or predict; indicate or warn of in advance
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
free of; rid; remove all of one's clothing
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infuriate
 
 
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v.  E.g. Her big brother's teasing used to infuriate Margaret; no matter how hard she tried to keep her temper, he always got her goat.
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introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
divide into parts, pieces, or sections
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
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ostensible
 
 
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a.  E.g. Although the ostensible purpose of this expedition is to discover new lands, we are really interested in finding new markets for our products.
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put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown
impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
harmful to living things; injurious to health
urgent or pressing; able to deal authoritatively; dictatorial
plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply
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plethora
 
 
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n.  E.g. She offered a plethora of excuses for her shortcomings.
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major city, especially chief city of country or region
excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance
quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck
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reprobate
 
 
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n.  E.g. I cannot understand why he has so many admirers if he is the reprobate you say he is.
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limited quantity; small or moderate amount; any small thing
leave of absence; vacation granted a soldier or civil servant
small exclusive group of friends or associates
person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples
stubborn intolerance; excessive zeal or warmth in favor of a party, sect, or opinion
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subjective
 
 
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a.  E.g. Your analysis is highly subjective; you have permitted your emotions and your opinions to color your thinking.
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appetizing to taste or smell; salty or Non-Sweet; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable
devout; religious; exhibiting strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
occurring or taking place in person's mind rather than external world; unreal
furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
comical because of strangeness; ludicrously comical; clownish; bizarre
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tiller
 
 
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n.  E.g. Fearing the wind might shift suddenly and capsize the skiff, Tom kept one hand on the tiller at all times.
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shine, polish or sparkle; soft reflected light
central or vital part; most material and central part; grain or seed as of corn
lever used to turn a rudder and steer a boat; drawer in table, chest, or counter
large volume; large and scholarly book
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
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