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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apprehension
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. His nervous glances at the passersby on the deserted street revealed his apprehension.
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study of origin and nature of ideas
period of equal days and nights; beginning of Spring and Autumn
fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; act of seizing or capturing; understanding
extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness
sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or personal gain
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calamity
 
 
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n.  E.g. As news of the calamity spread, offers of relief poured in to the stricken community.
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substance believed to cure all ills
crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group; likeness or image, especially of a person
event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame
conventions; moral standards; accepted traditional customs
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countenance
 
 
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n.  E.g. When Jose saw his newborn daughter, a proud smile spread across his countenance.
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face or facial features; appearance, especially the expression of the face
shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
analysis; cutting apart in order to examine
father and ruler of family or tribe
creative work, as literary or musical composition
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dissuade
 
 
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v.  E.g. Since Tom could not dissuade Huck from running away from home, he decided to run away with him.
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rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
persuade not to do; discourage
plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
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equivocal
 
 
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a.  E.g. Rejecting the candidate's equivocal comments on tax reform, the reporters pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue.
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open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism
effectively concise; appearing as if wiped or rubbed, as smooth
artificially formal; obviously planned or calculated; not natural
insignificant; lacking importance; not following from premises or evidence; illogical
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hierarchy
 
 
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n.  E.g. To be low man on the totem pole is to have an inferior place in the hierarchy.
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wool of sheep or similar animal; outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
limited quantity; small or moderate amount; any small thing
arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust
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languor
 
 
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n.  E.g. His friends tried to overcome the languor into which he had fallen by taking him to parties and to the theater.
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feeling of lack of interest or energy; depression
enthusiasm or liveliness; energetic style
direct financial aid by government
flowing into; mass arrival or incoming
one opposed to force; antimilitarist
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molten
 
 
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a.  E.g. The city of Pompeii was destroyed by volcanic ash rather than by molten lava flowing from Mount Vesuvius.
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modest and reserved in manner or behavior
impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
stubbornly unyielding; marked by sternness or harshness
made liquid by heat; glowing red-hot; being in a state of fusion
dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual
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proliferation
 
 
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n.  E.g. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the proliferation of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
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scornful treatment; insulting speech or conduct
tube in which patterns made by reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass; produce interesting symmetrical effects
rapid growth; spread; increase in size by reproduction
active strength of body or mind; imaginative lively style, especially style of writing; exertion of force
isolation; solitude; secluded place; shutting out or keeping apart
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rebuff
 
 
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v.  E.g. You rebuff his invitation so smoothly that he does not realize he is snubbed.
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imprison; put into jail; shut up or enclose
destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
deny; go back on; fail to fulfill promise or obligation
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
discuss repeatedly; attack verbally; work hard upon
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soluble
 
 
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a.  E.g. Sugar is soluble in water; put a sugar cube in water and it will quickly dissolve.
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overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
able to be dissolved; able to be explained
massive; bulky; great in size
marked by or given to innovations; introducing a change
long and thin; slender; having little substance
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utopia
 
 
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n.  E.g. Fed up with this imperfect universe, Don would have liked to run off to Shangri-la or some other imaginary utopia.
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liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
person regarded as stupid or awkward
ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects
inscription on tombstone in memory
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