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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anomalous
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. He was placed in the anomalous position of seeming to approve procedures which he despised.
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avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule
excessively or elaborately decorated; flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner
stormy; showing no mercy; physically severe
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augment
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. Armies augment their forces by calling up reinforcements.
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stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
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cognitive
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Though Jack was emotionally immature, his cognitive development was admirable; he was very advanced intellectually.
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knowing or perceiving; part of mental functions that deals with logic
false; tending to mislead; deceptive
unpleasant-smelling; having offensive smell; stinking
unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
relating to language or linguistics; relating to study of language
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divest
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. Most secretive of men, let him at last divest himself of secrets, both his and ours.
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plead; make earnest request of; ask for earnestly
disturb composure of; dismay; ruffle
luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
free of; rid; remove all of one's clothing
appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity
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fledgling
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. While it is necessary to provide these fledgling poets with an opportunity to present their work, it is not essential that we admire everything they write.
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silent; muffled; toned down; indistinct
capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt
not essential; coming from outside
young and inexperienced; having just acquired its flight feathers
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impede
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. A series of accidents impede the launching of the space shuttle.
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goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
differ in opinion or feeling; withhold assent or approval
deny; go back on; fail to fulfill promise or obligation
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
insult to one's character or reputation; pronounce indistinctly; talk about disparagingly or insultingly
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irrepressible
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. My friend Kitty's curiosity was irrepressible: she poked her nose into everybody's business and just laughed.
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related to the topic being discussed or considered; appropriate or fitting; relevant
looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
unable to be restrained; difficult or impossible to control or restrain
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
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orator
 
 
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n.  E.g. Demades, the Ancient Greek orator, is about to address an assembly in Athens on a matter of vital importance.
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favoring of relatives or friends because of their relationship rather than their abilities
long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation
small house or cottage usually having a single story and attic
standstill resulting from opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
skilled public speaker; person who pronounces discourse publicly on some special occasion, as pleader or lawyer
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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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assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
guarantee as safe; secure; promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor; permit
make something last; preserve from extinction
approve formally; confirm; verify
appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity
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quiver
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. The bird dog's nose twitches and his whiskers quiver as he strain eagerly against the leash.
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make less severe or harsh; moderate
avoid deliberately; keep away from
shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied
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subversive
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. In the meantime, Nigerian security agencies have been investigating what they call subversive activities by some foreign correspondents.
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tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
deprived of; lacking; desolate because of loss
relating to, or contributing to sense of smell
set apart; isolated in restricted sense, so remote from other bodies
eating away by chemicals or disease
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tremor
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. She had a nervous tremor in her right hand.
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firmness of hold or of purpose; persistence
known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame
shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
bravery; force; power to attack or to resist attack
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