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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(1)
n.  E.g. He was at the apex of his career: he had climbed to the top of the heap.
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highest point; vertex; summit; climax
practice of ending life of hopelessly ill individuals; assisted suicide
feeling of being bored by something tedious
stubborn intolerance; excessive zeal or warmth in favor of a party, sect, or opinion
name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
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blanch
 
 
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v.  E.g. Although age can blanch his hair, he is still vigorous and energetic.
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condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner
cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach
guarantee as safe; secure; promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor; permit
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe
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chafe
 
 
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v.  E.g. The high collar used to chafe against my neck.
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deduce; conclude from evidence or premises; lead to as a consequence or conclusion
move in twisting or contorted motion; contort in pain
differ in opinion or feeling; withhold assent or approval
wear away or irritate by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; annoy; vex
border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
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dupe
 
 
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n.  E.g. While the gullible Watson often was made a dupe by unscrupulous parties, Sherlock Holmes was far more difficult to fool.
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religious devotion and reverence to God; devout act, thought, or statement; godliness
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
goat's horn overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance
freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
entire range; all notes in musical scale
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fictitious
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Although this book purports to be a biography of George Washington, many of the incidents are fictitious.
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plentiful; possessing riches or resources
elaborately or excessively ornamented
existing only in imagination; feigned; not true or real
tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
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implacable
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Madame Defarge was the implacable enemy of the Evremonde family.
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silent; muffled; toned down; indistinct
incapable of being pacified; not to be relieved;
open to view; not secret or hidden
curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
smooth and shining; reflecting luster from smooth or polished surface; plausible
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incendiary
 
 
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n.  E.g. The fire spread in such an unusual manner that the fire department chiefs were certain that it had been set by an incendiary.
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severe pang of pain, as in childbirth; condition of agonizing struggle or trouble
arsonist; bomb that is designed to start fires
creative work, as literary or musical composition
beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; process of receiving within
calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
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noxious
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. We must trace the source of these noxious gases before they asphyxiate us.
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marked by disorder; untidy; having hair in loose disorder
without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
harmful to living things; injurious to health
no longer current or applicable; antiquated
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pensive
 
 
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a.  E.g. The pensive lover gazed at the portrait of his beloved and deeply sighed.
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relating to the sky or the heavens; supremely good; god or angel
equivalent in effect or value
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
disagreeing, especially with a majority; rebellious
marked by or having equity; just and impartial
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seclusion
 
 
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n.  E.g. Robinson is in seclusion, recovering from major surgery and suffering greatly from the loss of her only son.
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lack of sophistication, experience, judgment or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility
component or part; citizen, voter
isolation; solitude; secluded place; shutting out or keeping apart
vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art
departure of a large number of people
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stolid
 
 
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a.  E.g. The earthquake shattered Stuart's usual stolid demeanor; trembling, he crouched on the no longer stable ground.
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dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
unable to be disproved; incontrovertible; undeniable
occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly
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veer
 
 
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v.  E.g. After what seemed an eternity, the wind might veer to the east and the storm abated.
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stockpile; accumulate for future use
make less severe or harsh; moderate
shift to clockwise direction; turn sharply; change direction abruptly
throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
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