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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arable
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. The first settlers wrote home glowing reports of the New World, praising its vast acres of arable land ready for the plow.
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comical because of strangeness; ludicrously comical; clownish; bizarre
fit for growing crops, as by plowing
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
plentiful; possessing riches or resources
being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
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catharsis
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. Aristotle maintained that tragedy created a catharsis by purging the soul of base concepts.
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purging or cleansing of any passage of body
one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man
waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter
incentive; stimulus; force or energy associated with a moving body
wild and exciting undertaking; adventurous or unconventional act
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clench
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. "Open wide," said the dentist, but Clint seemed to clench his teeth even more tightly than before.
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be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval
outsmart; trick; beat through cleverness and wit
make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
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divergent
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. Since graduating from medical school, the two doctors have taken divergent paths, one going on to become a nationally prominent surgeon, the other dedicating himself to a small family practice in his home town.
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dull; lacking luster or shine
differing; tending to move apart in different directions
rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
not open to question; obviously true; beyond dispute or doubt
abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
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fop
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. She came to life in London as a real person, not just a fop to make sport of.
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vain man; one who want to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
fixed and regular payment, such as salary for services or allowance.
conventions; moral standards; accepted traditional customs
necessary requirement; indispensable item
lever used to turn a rudder and steer a boat; drawer in table, chest, or counter
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imprudent
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. It is imprudent to exercise vigorously and become overheated when you are unwell.
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unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
differing; tending to move apart in different directions
lacking caution; injudicious; not attentive to consequence
hollow; curved like inner surface of sphere
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intrepid
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. For her intrepid conduct nursing the wounded during the war, Florence Nightingale was honored by Queen Victoria.
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crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
fearless; indicating or springing from courage
firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
demanding great effort or labor; difficult
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outwit
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. By disguising himself as an old woman, Holmes was able to outwit his pursuers and escape capture.
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outsmart; trick; beat through cleverness and wit
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
scold harshly; criticize severely
make whole; combine; make into one unit
behave arrogantly or pompously; walk with swaying motion
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predecessor
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. I hope I can live up to the fine example set by my late predecessor in this office.
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event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame
natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather
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pseudonym
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Samuel Clemens' pseudonym was Mark Twain.
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inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
faithless lover; fickle lover; flirt, usually applies only to men
person who loves mankind in general; very generous person or institution
patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; one who is morbidly anxious about his health, and generally depressed
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subservient
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. He was proud and dignified; he refused to be subservient to anyone.
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marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
behaving like slave; subordinate in capacity or function
occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
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vernal
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Bea basked in the balmy vernal breezes, happy that winter was coming to an end.
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firmly or constant loyal; fixed or unchanging
related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
rubbing away; tending to grind down
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
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