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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advocacy
 
 
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n.  E.g. No threats could dissuade Bishop Desmond Tutu from his advocacy of the human rights of black South Africans.
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flight of missiles; round of gunshots; tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
support; active pleading on behalf of something
study of insects; branch of zoology which treats of insects
feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension
one who spoils pleasure or fun of others; spoilsport
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caption
 
 
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n.  E.g. We got an caption error in The Far Side cartoons shown yesterday.
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bringing or coming to end; ceasing
limited quantity; small or moderate amount; any small thing
extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
title; chapter heading; text under illustration
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cumulative
 
 
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a.  E.g. Vocabulary building is a cumulative process: as you go through your flash cards, you will add new words to your vocabulary, one by one.
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able to float; cheerful and optimistic
excessively greedy; predatory; taking by force; plundering
comparable; similar or alike
indefensible; not able to be maintained
increasing by successive addition
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denounce
 
 
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v.  E.g. The reform candidate kept to denounce the corrupt city officers for having betrayed the public's trust.
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postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness
give up; do without; go or pass by without claiming
persuade not to do; discourage
appear or take shape, usually in enlarged or distorted form
condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner
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fastidious
 
 
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a.  E.g. Bobby was such a fastidious eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.
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acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
very precise and formal; exceedingly proper
difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
lacking caution; injudicious; not attentive to consequence
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
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grievance
 
 
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n.  E.g. When her supervisor ignored her complaint, she took her grievance to the union.
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cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
distance around something; circumference; size; bulk
period of equal days and nights; beginning of Spring and Autumn
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incidence
 
 
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n.  E.g. The highest incidence is found in Britain, Australia and Belgium: 30 per 1,000,000 per year.
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questioner, especially who is excessively rigorous or harsh; investigator
rate of occurrence; particular occurrence
short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
person with power to decide a dispute; judge
tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
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lull
 
 
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v.  E.g. Malcolm tried to come up with a plausible story to lull his mother's suspicions, but she didn't believe a word he said.
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handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on
become quiet or less intensive
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parsimony
 
 
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n.  E.g. Because her father wouldn't let her buy a new iPhone, Annie accused him of parsimony.
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greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth
enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
support; active pleading on behalf of something
sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
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qualm
 
 
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n.  E.g. My main qualm is the lack of consistency and logical plotting.
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lizard that changes color in different situations
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
person guided and protected by a more prominent person
grievous loss; particularly, the loss of a relative or friend by death
direct ancestor; originator of a line of descent; originator or founder
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succumb
 
 
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v.  E.g. President Zardari told the two US officials that Pakistan was fighting for its survival but would not succumb to the militants.
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avoid deliberately; keep away from
give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
plead; make earnest request of; ask for earnestly
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; make a false show of
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virile
 
 
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a.  E.g. They are always on the brink of victory and must be confronted with a virile aggression.
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marked by energy and vigor; manly; able to copulate, as for male
pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
moderately warm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted
pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
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