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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arcane
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Secret brotherhoods surround themselves with arcane rituals and trappings to mystify outsiders.
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dead; no longer in use or existence
secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
marked by energy and vigor; manly; able to copulate, as for male
done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care
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bungalow
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. Every summer we rent a bungalow on Cape Cod for our vacation home.
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support; active pleading on behalf of something
supplement or appendix, especially to a will
small house or cottage usually having a single story and attic
blessing; benefit bestowed, especially in response to a request
remedy; compensation; act of correcting error or fault
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chameleon
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Like the chameleon, he assumed the political thinking of every group he met.
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enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
lizard that changes color in different situations
deadlock; situation in which further action is blocked
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emulate
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. In a brief essay, describe a person you admire, someone whose virtues you would like to emulate.
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agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity
be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
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escapade
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. The headmaster could not regard this latest escapade as a boyish joke and expelled the young man.
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moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
thin layer; coating consisting of thin layer; ornamental coating to a building
wild and exciting undertaking; adventurous or unconventional act
masses of leaves; a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
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gaudy
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. The newest Trump skyscraper is typically gaudy, covered in gilded panels that gleam in the sun.
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of the same or similar nature or kind
related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
attempting to win favor by flattering; flattering
very showy or ornamented, especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
not essential; coming from outside
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indict
 
 
(7)
v.  E.g. The district attorney didn't want to indict the suspect until she was sure she had a strong enough case to convince a jury.
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ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
charge; accuse formally of a crime
wound seriously; cause permanent loss of function of limb or part of body
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
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matriarch
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. The matriarch is the glue that binds the entire family together.
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woman who rules a family, clan, or tribe; highly respected woman who is a mother
concave cut into a surface or edge; small hollow or depression
masses of leaves; a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
standstill resulting from opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
substance believed to cure all ills
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panache
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. Many performers imitate Noel Coward, but few have his panache and sense of style.
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distinctive and stylish elegance; a bunch of feathers or plume, especially on a helmet
annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
mental keenness; quickness of perception
person with insane desire to set things on fire
surviving remnant; something left after loss or decay; object kept for its association with the past
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repeal
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. What would the effect on our society be if we repeal the laws against the possession and sale of narcotics?
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expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
pierce; kill by piercing with a spear or sharp
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
revoke or annul, especially by official or formal act
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
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snicker
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. The boy could not suppress a snicker when the teacher sat on the tack.
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loud flourish of brass instruments, especially trumpets; spectacular public display
facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust
religious devotion and reverence to God; devout act, thought, or statement; godliness
laugh in half-suppressed or foolish manner; disrespectful laugh
powerful and effective language; persuasive speech
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transcendent
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. For the amateur chef, dining at the four-star restaurant was a transcendent experience: the meal surpassed his wildest dreams.
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surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits; superior
plowed but left unseeded during a growing season; uncultivated
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
increasing by successive addition
indecent; obscene; humorously coarse
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