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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acoustics
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Carnegie Hall is liked by music lovers because of its fine acoustics.
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person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned
opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
number of members necessary to conduct a meeting; select group
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besmirch
 
 
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v.  E.g. The scandalous remarks in the newspaper besmirch the reputations of every member of the society.
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fall from clouds; hurl or throw violently; fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
soil, smear so as to make dirty or stained
look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice
insult to one's character or reputation; pronounce indistinctly; talk about disparagingly or insultingly
decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end
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conceit
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Although Jack was smug and puffed up with conceit, he was an entertaining companion, always expressing himself in witty turns of phrase.
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state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension; involuntary trembling or quivering
suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
rectangular frame attached working parts, as of automobile
overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
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effrontery
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. She had the effrontery to insult the guest.
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concave cut into a surface or edge; small hollow or depression
highly skilled artist, as musician; one who is dazzlingly skilled in his field
place where things may be put for safekeeping, as storehouse, warehouse, museum, or tomb
shameless or brazen boldness; insolent and shameless audacity
place where one can live in seclusion; home of one isolated from society for religious reasons
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enumerate
 
 
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v.  E.g. Huck hung his head in shame as Miss Watson began to enumerate his many flaws.
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give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
scold harshly; criticize severely
list each one; mention one by one
take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
make something last; preserve from extinction
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fresco
 
 
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n.  E.g. The cathedral is visited by many tourists who wish to admire the fresco by Giotto.
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cool, refreshing state of air; art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries
boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
weapon that is thrown or projected; self-propelled missile, such as rocket; fired, thrown, or otherwise propelled object, such as bullet
cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
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knoll
 
 
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n.  E.g. Robert's grave is on a knoll in Samoa; to reach the grave site, you must climb uphill and walk a short distance along a marked path.
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repetitive or incantatory recital; long and tedious address
who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who acts in a practical or straightforward manner
small rounded hill or mound; top or crown of hill
doubter; person who suspends judgment until evidence has been examined
feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
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ornery
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. My first impression of the taxi driver was that he was ornery, but then he explained that he just had a bad day.
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brief; effectively cut short; marked by use of few words
impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
firmly or constant loyal; fixed or unchanging
lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
disagreeable and contrary in disposition; mean or coarse
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pernicious
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. Crack cocaine has had a pernicious effect on urban society: it has destroyed families, turned children into drug dealers, and increased the spread of violent crimes.
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very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly
tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
gigantic; of great comparative size
unrefined; crude or indecent; of this world; worldly
able to be dissolved; able to be explained
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rehabilitate
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. We must rehabilitate those whom we send to prison.
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look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice
restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to former state of health or good repute
cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
drive or force onward; drive forward; urge to action through moral pressure
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supersede
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. The new bulk mailing postal regulation will supersede the old one. If you continue to follow the old regulation, your bulk mailing will be returned to you.
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guarantee as safe; secure; promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor; permit
be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
violate with violence, especially to sacred place
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tractable
 
 
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a.  E.g. Although Susan seemed a tractable young woman, she had a stubborn streak of independence.
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able to float; cheerful and optimistic
impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
long and thin; slender; having little substance
very thin especially from disease or hunger
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