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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acclaim
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. The NBC sportscasters acclaim every American victory in the Olympics and decried every American defeat.
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free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
free of; rid; remove all of one's clothing
applaud; announce with great approval
make amends or pay the penalty for; relieve or cleanse of guilt
condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
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bandy
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. While the president was happy to bandy patriotic generalizations with anyone who would listen to him, he refused to exchange words with unfriendly reporters at the press conference.
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discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end
be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion
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collaborate
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. The easy way to collaborate is to pay attention to the small things in life.
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fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
list each one; mention one by one
work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied
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dissent
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. They dissent from the Bishops Conferences, not the Universal Church, and their issue is not on “faith and morals,” but on social policy
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differ in opinion or feeling; withhold assent or approval
teach and impress by frequent repetitions
specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
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exacting
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Cleaning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was an exacting task, one that demanded extremely meticulous care on the part of the restorers.
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deceptive or tending of deceive; not real
making severe demands; rigorous; requiring great care, effort, or attention
pulled or drawn tight; kept in trim shape; neat and tidy
large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse
furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
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forlorn
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Deserted by her big sisters and her friends, the forlorn child sat sadly on the steps awaiting their return.
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plentiful; possessing riches or resources
rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
skillful and adept under pressing conditions
having disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats
sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind
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intrinsic
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Although my grandmother's china has little intrinsic value, I shall always cherish it for the memories it evokes.
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indecent; obscene; humorously coarse
gigantic; of great comparative size
free of guilt; not subject to blame; completely acceptable
detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
relating to essential nature of a thing; inherent; built-in
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madrigal
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. His program of folk songs included a famous madrigal which he sang to the accompaniment of a lute.
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grievous loss; particularly, the loss of a relative or friend by death
song for two or three unaccompanied voices; short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music
dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
countercharge; counter or mutual accusation; accusation brought by the accused against the accuser
figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis; overstatement
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parity
 
 
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n.  E.g. Unfortunately, some doubt exists whether women's salaries will ever achieve parity with men's.
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moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
period of equal days and nights; beginning of Spring and Autumn
known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame
equality in status or amount; similarity or close
huge creature; something enormous in size or power
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requisite
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Many colleges state that a student must offer three years of a language as a requisite for admission.
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necessary requirement; indispensable item
socially awkward or tactless act; foolish error, especially one made in public
equality in status or amount; similarity or close
interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger
skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity
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surmount
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. Could Helen Keller, blind and deaf since childhood, surmount her physical disabilities and lead a productive life?
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offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
make young again; restore to youthful vigor or appearance
gradually deprive infants of mother's milk; detach affections of
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
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viscous
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Melted tar is a viscous substance.
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wholly absorbing one's attention
sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
unrefined; crude or indecent; of this world; worldly
full of initiative; marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
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