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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affable
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Accustomed to cold, aloof supervisors, Nicholas was amazed at how affable his new employer was.
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easily approachable; warmly friendly
opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative
slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
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bilk
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. The con man planed to bilk insurance companies.
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hesitate as a result of conscience or principle
defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from
turn into vapor, steam, gas, or fog; decrease rapidly and disappear
stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly
shift to clockwise direction; turn sharply; change direction abruptly
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chauvinist
 
 
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n.  E.g. A chauvinist cannot recognize any faults in his country, no matter how flagrant they may be.
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one opposed to force; antimilitarist
cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
person with prejudiced belief in superiority of own kind
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dexterous
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. The magician was so dexterous that we could not follow him as he performed his tricks.
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turned or twisted toward one side; at an angle
existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
suggesting puzzlement; mocking; curious
sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind
skillful in the use of the hands; having mental skill
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fastidious
 
 
(5)
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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free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
gray or white with or as if with age; covered with grayish hair
unoriginal; derived from another source
used for feeling; relating to sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
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hoard
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. Whenever there are rumors of a food shortage, many people are tempted to hoard food.
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stockpile; accumulate for future use
make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from
violate with violence, especially to sacred place
surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
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incompatible
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. The married couple argued incessantly and finally decided to separate because they were incompatible.
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wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
having been delayed; done or sent too late
of the same size, extent, or duration as another
casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed
inharmonious; impossible to coexist; not easy to combine harmoniously
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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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indisputable; not open to question
in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
artificially formal; obviously planned or calculated; not natural
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perpetuate
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. Some critics attack The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because they believe Twain's book to perpetuate a false image of Blacks in this country.
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discuss repeatedly; attack verbally; work hard upon
make something last; preserve from extinction
neigh, as a horse, especially in gentle tone; cry of horse
guarantee as safe; secure; promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor; permit
take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
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sedentary
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. Disliking the effect of her sedentary occupation on her figure, Stacy decided to work out at the gym every other day.
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sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
requiring sitting; accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise; living in one area, not migratory
of isolated people, especially having a narrow viewpoint
being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
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skirmish
 
 
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n.  E.g. Custer's troops expected they might run into a skirmish or two on maneuvers; they did not expect to face a major battle.
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strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself
a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
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wince
 
 
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v.  E.g. The screech of the chalk on the blackboard made her wince.
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reduce or eliminate gradually, with knife; cut small bits off
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
wear away or irritate by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; annoy; vex
hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
draw back or shrink involuntarily, as in pain or from blow
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