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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abrasive
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Ash can also cause long-term abrasive damage to planes that could lead to later disasters if not dealt with.
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echoing; strong and deep in tone; resounding; having lasting presence or effect
inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
having been delayed; done or sent too late
rubbing away; tending to grind down
located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary
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behemoth
 
 
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n.  E.g. Just two weeks after Sam Stein first reported Citigroup's anti-union assault on the Employee Free Choice Act, the financial behemoth is taking their fight directly to the workers.
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huge creature; something enormous in size or power
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
doubter; person who suspends judgment until evidence has been examined
small house or cottage usually having a single story and attic
usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
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cornucopia
 
 
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n.  E.g. The encyclopedia salesman claimed the new edition was a veritable cornucopia of information, an inexhaustible source of knowledge for the entire family.
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medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
goat's horn overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance
substance believed to cure all ills
conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
abnormal; markedly different from an accepted norm
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derelict
 
 
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a.  E.g. As a former South Chicago community organizer, the President knows all about schools in derelict areas.
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abundant; rich and splendid; fertile
having been delayed; done or sent too late
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
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fetter
 
 
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v.  E.g. They fetter the prisoner to the wall.
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stockpile; accumulate for future use
eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
make a pretence of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks
restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper
foretell or predict; indicate or warn of in advance
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genealogy
 
 
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n.  E.g. He was proud of his genealogy and constantly referred to the achievements of his ancestors.
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analysis; cutting apart in order to examine
large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
conventions; moral standards; accepted traditional customs
account or history of descent of person or family from ancestor; lineage
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languor
 
 
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n.  E.g. His friends tried to overcome the languor into which he had fallen by taking him to parties and to the theater.
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practice of ending life of hopelessly ill individuals; assisted suicide
ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile
wool of sheep or similar animal; outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter
feeling of lack of interest or energy; depression
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malevolent
 
 
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a.  E.g. Lago is a malevolent villain who takes pleasure in ruining Othello.
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artificially formal; obviously planned or calculated; not natural
overly simple; simplifying something so that its complexity is lost or important details are overlooked
having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
relating to marriage or wedding ceremony
tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
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parable
 
 
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n.  E.g. Let us apply to our own conduct the lesson that this parable teaches.
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mass of floating ice; ice formed by freezing of surface-water of polar oceans
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
feeling of being bored by something tedious
short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
superiority or decisive advantage; domination
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reticence
 
 
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n.  E.g. Fearing his competitors might get advance word about his plans from talkative staff members, Hughes preferred reticence from his employees to loquacity.
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battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing
introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
reserve; state or quality of being reluctant; unwillingness
lawyer using questionable methods; unethical lawyer or politician
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
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subsistence
 
 
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n.  E.g. In these days of inflated prices, my salary provides a mere subsistence.
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offensive or insulting treatment
deadlock; situation in which further action is blocked
chess move in which player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain advantageous position
something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
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transient
 
 
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a.  E.g. Lexy's joy at finding the perfect Christmas gift for Phil was transient, she still had to find presents for the cousins and Uncle Bob.
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giving a false appearance of frankness; not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to prior conditions
dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
momentary; temporary; staying for short time
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