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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abominable
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Mary liked John until she learned he was dating Susan; then she called him an abominable young man.
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related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
unselfishly generous; concerned for others
set apart; isolated in restricted sense, so remote from other bodies
smooth and shining; reflecting luster from smooth or polished surface; plausible
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bauble
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The child was delighted with the bauble she had won in the grab bag.
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ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions
cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
ability to foresee future happenings
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comprise
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. If the District of Columbia were to be granted statehood, the United States of America would comprise fifty-one states, not just fifty.
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chain; fetter; restraint that confines or restricts freedom
be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
include; consist of; be composed of
be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
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dutiful
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. When Mother told Billy to kiss Great-Aunt Hattie, the boy obediently gave the old woman a dutiful peck on her cheek.
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tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
careful to fulfill obligations; expressing or filled with sense of obligation
somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful
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epoch
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. The glacial epoch lasted for thousands of years.
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number of members necessary to conduct a meeting; select group
main impact or shock; main burden
particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable
one that serves as a pattern or model; system of assumptions, concepts, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
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gruff
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Although he was blunt and gruff with most people, he was always gentle with children.
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calm; not easily disturbed; not easily excited to action or passion
having rough, surly, or harsh nature
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid
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insular
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. It was a shock for Kendra to go from her small high school, with her insular group of friends, to a huge college with students from all over the country.
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determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule
of isolated people, especially having a narrow viewpoint
responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
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nomadic
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Several nomadic tribes of Indians would hunt in this area each year.
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weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; showing sorrow
leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled
relating to essential nature of a thing; inherent; built-in
unlikely; difficult to believe; dubious
easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
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preempt
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. Hoping to preempt any attempts by the opposition to make educational reform a hot political issue, the candidate set out her own plan to revitalize the public schools.
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appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity
plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support
cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to broader area or larger number
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restitution
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. He offered to make restitution for the window broken by his son.
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reparation; getting something back again; restoring something to its original state
particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable
person without permanent home who moves from place to place; wanderer; tramp
viewer who enjoys seeing sex acts or sex organs of others
one that serves as a pattern or model; system of assumptions, concepts, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
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tantamount
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Though Rudy claimed his wife was off visiting friends, his shriek of horror when she walked into the room was tantamount to a confession that he believed she was dead.
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equivalent in effect or value
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
of the same size, extent, or duration as another
magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
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vex
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. Please try not to vex your mother; she is doing the best she can.
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grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
bring up out of earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
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