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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apropos
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. I'll admit - this list is completely in apropos of nothing.
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furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
with reference or regard; in respect
devout; religious; exhibiting strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
relating to language or linguistics; relating to study of language
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buoyant
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. When the boat capsized, her buoyant life jacket kept Jody afloat.
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skillful and adept under pressing conditions
hard to understand; known only in a particular group
making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
able to float; cheerful and optimistic
full of rigors; harsh; rigidly accurate; precise
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countenance
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. He refused to countenance such rude behavior on their part.
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ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval
expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
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discourse
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. The young Plato was drawn to the Agora to hear the philosophical discourse of Socrates and his followers.
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laugh in half-suppressed or foolish manner; disrespectful laugh
pretense; something intended to misrepresent
patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; one who is morbidly anxious about his health, and generally depressed
boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
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faze
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. No crisis could faze the resourceful hotel manager.
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put down by force or intimidation ; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide
cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to broader area or larger number
neigh, as a horse, especially in gentle tone; cry of horse
restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper
disturb composure of; dismay; ruffle
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impertinent
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. His neighbors' impertinent curiosity about his lack of dates angered Ted; it was downright rude of them to ask him such personal questions.
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improperly forward or bold; rude
wholly absorbing one's attention
warm and extremely humid; moist; damp; moldy
crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
morally or legally constraining; required; binding
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incarcerate
 
 
(7)
v.  E.g. He was not willing to incarcerate the civil rights workers because their imprisonment could serve the cause.
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give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
cut or clip hair; strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
imprison; put into jail; shut up or enclose
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lurk
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. Who knows what evil can lurk in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows.
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stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
drive out evil spirits by or as if by incantation, command, or prayer
restore to good condition; renew
decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
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practicable
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. The board of directors decided that the plan was practicable and agreed to undertake the project.
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difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
lazy; slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive
feasible; capable of being effected, done, or put into practice
indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
skillful and adept under pressing conditions
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reprisal
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Villagers have reported that thousands of homes have been burned to the ground in reprisal attacks mainly by the FDLR.
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support on which a lever rests; prop or support
action taken in return for injury or offense
one who believes traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless; absolute skeptic
direct financial aid by government
downward slope, as of a hill
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steadfast
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Penelope was steadfast in her affections, faithfully waiting for Ulysses to return from his wanderings.
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being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct
accidental; by chance; coming or occurring without any cause
influential in original way; providing basis for further development; creative
firmly or constant loyal; fixed or unchanging
occurring or taking place in person's mind rather than external world; unreal
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uncouth
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Most biographers portray Lincoln as an uncouth and ungainly young man.
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coiled around; highly involved; intricate
tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; able to be steered
done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care
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