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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ascribe
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. Other people ascribe his exclusion from the canon to an unsubtle form of racism.
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say, state, or perform again or repeatedly
inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
determine votes; examine carefully or discuss thoroughly; scrutinize
give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
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blunder
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The criminal's fatal blunder led to his capture.
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serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
component or part; citizen, voter
clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes
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concentric
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. The target was made of concentric circles.
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being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
having a common center, circles of different size, one within another
increasing by successive addition
done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care
overwhelming; incapable of being passed over or overcome
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dregs
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. David poured the wine carefully to avoid stirring up the dregs.
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sediment settled at bottom of liquid; waste or worthless matter
excuse; something serving to conceal plans; fictitious reason
science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
whirlpool; powerful circular current of water
conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
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facetious
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Instead, the crowd began sarcastically to cheer him on and showered him with facetious advice.
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in or into a high place; high or higher up
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
having or showing courage and spirit in trying circumstances
pulled or drawn tight; kept in trim shape; neat and tidy
talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
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grandiose
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. The aged matinee idol still had grandiose notions of his supposed importance in the theatrical world.
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scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
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influx
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. The influx of refugees into the country has taxed the relief agencies severely.
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payment or expense; output
ban on commerce or other activity
flowing into; mass arrival or incoming
intruder; one that interferes with affairs of others, often for selfish reasons
difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree
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ordain
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. The king would ordain that no foreigner should be allowed to enter the city.
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decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat; fold over or bend back
stir up fire; feed plentifully; supply a furnace with fuel
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panoramic
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. On a clear day, from the top of the World Trade Center you can get a panoramic view of New York City and parts of New Jersey and Long Island.
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hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
related to unobstructed and comprehensive view; with a wide view
incapable of being pacified; not to be relieved;
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
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retroactive
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. Because the law was retroactive to the first of the year, we found she was eligible for the pension.
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fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to prior conditions
unwilling or with reluctance; stingy
related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
devout; religious; exhibiting strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
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stagnant
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Mosquitoes commonly breed in ponds of stagnant water.
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having a common center, circles of different size, one within another
not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
accidental; by chance; coming or occurring without any cause
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
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uncouth
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Most biographers portray Lincoln as an uncouth and ungainly young man.
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full of rigors; harsh; rigidly accurate; precise
massive; bulky; great in size
devout; religious; exhibiting strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
sweet sounding; pleasing to ear; melodious
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
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