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.
Stories of USA Today
Materials for Reading & Listening Practice
 Action Panel
 Questions & Answers
Show  
 Introduction
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!
Demo Test Sheet

arousal
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. When arousal is too low, we become bored, and seek out activities to stimulate our minds.
Select answer:
truthfulness; unwillingness to tell lies
lack of seriousness; lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
period of greatest popularity, success, or power; golden age
act of awaking from sleep; arousing from what is like sleep
act of coming or going out; emergence; right to leave; path or opening for going out
Don't select.
buxom
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. A generation ago, fat babies were considered healthy and buxom actresses were popular, but society has since come to worship thinness.
Select answer:
in disrepair, run down; of very poor quality or condition
having cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character; overly sweet
of the same size, extent, or duration as another
healthily plump and ample of figure; full-bosomed; vigorous; jolly
excessively or elaborately decorated; flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner
Don't select.
contusion
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. After her fall, Sue was treated for a large contusion of left arm.
Select answer:
small rounded hill or mound; top or crown of hill
injury that doesn't break the skin
doubter; person who suspends judgment until evidence has been examined
deep gully; a dry gulch; brook or creek; watercourse
chess move in which player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain advantageous position
Don't select.
deluge
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. When we advertised the position, we received a deluge of applications.
Select answer:
song for two or three unaccompanied voices; short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music
fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border
Don't select.
exhort
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. He was using the phrase to exhort his compatriots to prepare for war, to engage in the struggle for freedom.
Select answer:
put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources
defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
appease or pacify; bring peace to
urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make urgent appeal
Don't select.
heretical
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. At the onset of the Inquisition, the heretical priest was forced to flee the country.
Select answer:
momentary; temporary; staying for short time
modest; not bold or forward; not arrogant
having been delayed; done or sent too late
plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply
departing from accepted beliefs or standards; oppositional
Don't select.
lament
 
 
(7)
v.  E.g. Even advocates of the war lament the loss of so many lives in combat.
Select answer:
approach; tend to meet; come together
reduce or eliminate gradually, with knife; cut small bits off
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
cut or clip hair; strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
Don't select.
longevity
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. When he reached ninety, the old man was proud of his longevity.
Select answer:
group of closely located islands
distance around something; circumference; size; bulk
long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation
person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others
bringing or coming to end; ceasing
Don't select.
precipice
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. Suddenly Indiana Jones found himself dangling from the edge of a precipice.
Select answer:
cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
Don't select.
relic
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Egypt's Department of Antiquities prohibits tourists from taking any ancient relic out of the country.
Select answer:
reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
surviving remnant; something left after loss or decay; object kept for its association with the past
annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
creative work, as literary or musical composition
enthusiasm or liveliness; energetic style
Don't select.
superfluous
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Betsy lacked the heart to tell June that the wedding present she brought was superfluous; she and Bob had already received five toasters.
Select answer:
being beyond what is required or sufficient
abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
Don't select.
usurp
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. The revolution ended when the victorious rebel general succeeded in his attempt to usurp the throne.
Select answer:
plead; make earnest request of; ask for earnestly
throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
make something last; preserve from extinction
seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
Don't select.
Create my Test Sheet