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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aghast
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. The film grabs you by the throat so that any feeling of being aghast is contained – and you hold on to that feeling up to the very last scene.
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forceful; intensely emotional; inclined to react violently
unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
struck by shock, terror, or amazement
exactly and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
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avarice
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. King Midas is a perfect example of avarice, for he was so greedy that he wished everything he touched would turn to gold.
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introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
scornful treatment; insulting speech or conduct
greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain
skilled public speaker; person who pronounces discourse publicly on some special occasion, as pleader or lawyer
repetitive or incantatory recital; long and tedious address
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conciliatory
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. She was still angry despite his conciliatory words.
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without skill, ineffective; worthless; lacking purpose
in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly
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dulcet
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. The dulcet sounds of the birds at dawn were soon drowned out by the roar of traffic passing our motel.
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sweet sounding; pleasing to ear; melodious
very small; tiny; lowercase letter
obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
unable to be changed without exception; not mutable
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facet
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. The stonecutter decided to improve the rough diamond by providing it one bigger facet among several sides.
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firmness of hold or of purpose; persistence
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
innocent girl or young woman; actress who plays such parts
one that is dishonest or troublemaker, especially a impish youngster
small, smooth, flat surface, as on a bone or tooth; side; a smooth surface
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glossy
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. I want this photograph printed on glossy paper.
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coiled around; highly involved; intricate
not essential; coming from outside
influential in original way; providing basis for further development; creative
beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
smooth and shining; reflecting luster from smooth or polished surface; plausible
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incarnation
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. The incarnation of Jesus Christ is a basic tenet of Christian theology.
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lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
condition of balance among various forces; inactivity resulting from static balance
small house or cottage usually having a single story and attic
natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea
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murky
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The murky depths of the swamp were so dark that one couldn't tell the vines and branches from the snakes.
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pertaining to science of the function of living organisms
unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless
left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
indefensible; not able to be maintained
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
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plummet
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. Stock prices plummet as Wall Street reacts to the crisis in the economy.
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appease or pacify; bring peace to
rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
behead; cut off the head of
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rife
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. In the face of the many rumors of scandal, which are rife at the moment, it is best to remain silent.
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firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
unable to be disproved; incontrovertible; undeniable
excessively abundant or numerous; in widespread existence, practice, or use
perceptive; shrewd; having insight
twisted; knotty; made rough by age or hard work
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subsidiary
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. This information may be used as subsidiary evidence but is not sufficient by itself to prove your argument.
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subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed
leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled
silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse
having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
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vantage
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. They fired upon the enemy from behind trees, walls and any other point of vantage they could find.
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study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
analysis; cutting apart in order to examine
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
place or situation affording some advantage, especially good view
equality in status or amount; similarity or close
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