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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affable
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Accustomed to cold, aloof supervisors, Nicholas was amazed at how affable his new employer was.
Select answer:
not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
in name only; insignificantly small
marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with subject
easily approachable; warmly friendly
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baleful
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. The fortune teller made baleful predictions of terrible things to come.
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portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism
attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
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composure
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Even the latest work crisis failed to shake her composure.
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severe pang of pain, as in childbirth; condition of agonizing struggle or trouble
surviving remnant; something left after loss or decay; object kept for its association with the past
mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
uniformity or lack of variation; continual increase, or continual decrease; tedium as a result of repetition
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dregs
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. David poured the wine carefully to avoid stirring up the dregs.
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large volume; large and scholarly book
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
sediment settled at bottom of liquid; waste or worthless matter
tender affection; love; act of showing affection
person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples
Don't select.
equestrian
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. These paths in the park are reserved for only one equestrian and his steeds.
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necessary requirement; indispensable item
arsonist; bomb that is designed to start fires
liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
number of members necessary to conduct a meeting; select group
one who rides a horse or performs on horseback
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headlong
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. The slave seized the unexpected chance to make a headlong dash across the border to freedom.
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unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
uncontrollably forceful or fast; done with head leading; headfirst
easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse
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inclement
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. In inclement weather, I like to curl up on the sofa with a good book and listen to the storm blowing outside.
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dull, unimaginative, and commonplace; old-fashioned; stuffy
stormy; showing no mercy; physically severe
very fat; large in body; overweight
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
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mediate
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. King Solomon was asked to mediate a dispute between two women, each of whom claimed to be the mother of the same child.
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violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse
pollute; make dirty or spotty
resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties
drive or force onward; drive forward; urge to action through moral pressure
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
Don't select.
precocious
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. Listening to the grown-up way the child discussed serious topics, we couldn't help remarking how precocious she was.
Select answer:
having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; irregular, casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
echoing; strong and deep in tone; resounding; having lasting presence or effect
advanced in development; appearing or developing early
somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
having or producing full, loud, or deep sound; impressive in style of speech; easy to feel
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repugnant
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. She found the snake repugnant and looked on it with loathing and fear.
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skillful in the use of the hands; having mental skill
arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive; hateful
stubbornly unyielding; marked by sternness or harshness
separated at joints; out of joint; lacking order or coherence
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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stasis
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. The rusty, ivy covered Would War 2 tank had obviously been in stasis for years.
Select answer:
a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
distance around something; circumference; size; bulk
known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame
condition of balance among various forces; inactivity resulting from static balance
direct ancestor; originator of a line of descent; originator or founder
Don't select.
uncouth
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Most biographers portray Lincoln as an uncouth and ungainly young man.
Select answer:
tending to call up emotions, memories
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
clear, transparent or bright; calm, untroubled, and without worry
differing; tending to move apart in different directions
full of initiative; marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
Don't select.
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