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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arbiter
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. As an arbiter in labor disputes, she has won the confidence of the workers and the employers.
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skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity
number of members necessary to conduct a meeting; select group
intensity of feeling; warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion
anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance
person with power to decide a dispute; judge
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balk
 
 
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v.  E.g. When the warden learned that several inmates were planning to escape, he took steps to balk their attempt.
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take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse
block legislation by making long speeches
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly
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debonair
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. The debonair youth was liked by all who met him, because of his cheerful and obliging manner.
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tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
relating to space; existing in or connected with space
leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled
friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful
having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; irregular, casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
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empirical
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes; he placed his reliance entirely on empirical data.
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rash; marked by unthinking boldness
clear, transparent or bright; calm, untroubled, and without worry
located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
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foolhardy
 
 
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a.  E.g. Don't be foolhardy. Get the advice of experienced people before undertaking this venture.
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in a position that is turned toward one side; away from correct course
rash; marked by unthinking boldness
good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
bodily; of a material nature; tangible
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gratify
 
 
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v.  E.g. Hence an important means towards happiness is the control of our desires, and the extinction of those that we cannot gratify, which is brought about by virtue.
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give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
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jettison
 
 
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v.  E.g. In order to enable the ship to ride safely through the storm, the captain had to jettison much of his cargo.
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cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; discard as refuse
throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
contradict; give a false impression
overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
divide into parts, pieces, or sections
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orator
 
 
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n.  E.g. Demades, the Ancient Greek orator, is about to address an assembly in Athens on a matter of vital importance.
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unfortunate occurrence; mishap; bad luck
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
study of historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words
one that expounds or interprets; one that speaks for, represents, or advocates
skilled public speaker; person who pronounces discourse publicly on some special occasion, as pleader or lawyer
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parable
 
 
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n.  E.g. Let us apply to our own conduct the lesson that this parable teaches.
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something that holds back or causes problems with something else; obstacle
goat's horn overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance
resistance to authority; insubordination or rebellion
final result; outcome or effect; central idea or point; gist
short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
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rigor
 
 
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n.  E.g. Many settlers could not stand the rigor of the New England winters.
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wild and exciting undertaking; adventurous or unconventional act
anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
limited quantity; small or moderate amount; any small thing
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stodgy
 
 
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a.  E.g. For a young person, Winston seems remarkably stodgy: you'd expect someone his age to show a little more life.
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lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
bold; incapable of being discouraged; fearless
not able to be perceived by senses, as touch; vague
differing; tending to move apart in different directions
dull, unimaginative, and commonplace; old-fashioned; stuffy
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timidity
 
 
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n.  E.g. If you are to succeed as a salesman, you must first lose your timidity and fear of failure.
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sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or personal gain
lack of self-confidence or courage
hastily put together defensive barrier; obstacle
active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
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