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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archipelago
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. When I looked at the map and saw the archipelago in the South Seas, I longed to visit them.
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awkward and stupid person; troublemaker, often violent
mental disorder marked by confusion
group of closely located islands
place where different tree varieties are exhibited
masses of leaves; a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
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cataract
 
 
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n.  E.g. She gazed with awe at the mighty cataract known as Niagara Falls.
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thin layer; coating consisting of thin layer; ornamental coating to a building
component or part; citizen, voter
decree ,especially issued by a sovereign; official command
boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
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constituent
 
 
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n.  E.g. A machine will not function properly if any constituent of it is defective.
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component or part; citizen, voter
temporary stay; brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
introduction, usually to a poem or play
separation or division into factions; formal division or split within religious body
blessing; benefit bestowed, especially in response to a request
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desolate
 
 
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v.  E.g. The bandits desolate the countryside, burning farms and carrying off the harvest.
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lay responsibility or blame for, often unjustly
rid or deprive of inhabitants; lay waste; devastate
avoid deliberately; keep away from
be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
explain or describe in detail
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exponent
 
 
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n.  E.g. The vice president was an enthusiastic exponent of computer technology.
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rate of occurrence; particular occurrence
one that expounds or interprets; one that speaks for, represents, or advocates
cheat; one who defrauds or makes practice of defrauding others
fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; act of seizing or capturing; understanding
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
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grandiose
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. The aged matinee idol still had grandiose notions of his supposed importance in the theatrical world.
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determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
knowing or perceiving; part of mental functions that deals with logic
very liberal in giving; showing great generosity
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kindle
 
 
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v.  E.g. One of the first things Ben learned in the Boy Scouts was how to kindle a fire by rubbing two dry sticks together.
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include; consist of; be composed of
dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
build or fuel a fire; cause to glow; light up; inspire
be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
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luster
 
 
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n.  E.g. The soft luster of the silk in the dim light was pleasing.
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strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
cheat; one who defrauds or makes practice of defrauding others
payment or expense; output
shine, polish or sparkle; soft reflected light
raised platform for guests of honor
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parody
 
 
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n.  E.g. The show Forbidden Broadway presents a parody spoofing the year's new productions playing on Broadway.
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grievous loss; particularly, the loss of a relative or friend by death
active strength of body or mind; imaginative lively style, especially style of writing; exertion of force
tender affection; love; act of showing affection
work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
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seep
 
 
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v.  E.g. During the rainstorm, water would seep through the crack in the basement wall and damage the floor boards.
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pass gradually or leak through, as if through small openings
precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on
dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily
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stagnant
 
 
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a.  E.g. Mosquitoes commonly breed in ponds of stagnant water.
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not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
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upbraid
 
 
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v.  E.g. Not only did Miss Minchin upbraid Ermengarde for her disobedience, but she hung her up by her braids from a coat rack in the classroom.
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severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
object because of doubts; hesitate
free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
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