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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abhor
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. One of the things I abhor is the threat to withhold aid.
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subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously
decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
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aviary
 
 
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n.  E.g. The aviary at the zoo held nearly 300 birds.
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secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
socially awkward or tactless act; foolish error, especially one made in public
small, light sailboat; small boat propelled by oars
bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization
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deference
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. In deference to the minister's request, please do not take photographs during the wedding service.
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talking to oneself; act of a character speaking to himself so as to reveal his thoughts to audience
support on which a lever rests; prop or support
greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
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dissipate
 
 
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v.  E.g. He is a fine artist, but I fear he may dissipate his gifts if he keeps wasting his time playing games.
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take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
wear away or irritate by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; annoy; vex
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
corrupt; seduce from virtue
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fleece
 
 
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n.  E.g. They shear sheep of their fleece, which they then comb into separate strands of wool.
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analysis; cutting apart in order to examine
wool of sheep or similar animal; outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
metal striker that hangs inside bell and makes sound by hitting side; someone who applauds
central or vital part; most material and central part; grain or seed as of corn
withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
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gnarled
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. The gnarled oak tree had been a landmark for years and was mentioned in several deeds.
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excessively or elaborately decorated; flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner
twisted; knotty; made rough by age or hard work
unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
in disrepair, run down; of very poor quality or condition
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limber
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Hours of ballet classes kept him limber.
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insignificant; lacking importance; not following from premises or evidence; illogical
capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily
into separate parts or pieces; apart
decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten; decayed
unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless
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obstinate
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. We tried to persuade him to give up smoking, but he was obstinate and refused to change.
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expressing devotion or piety; earnest in religious field
stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
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prattle
 
 
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v.  E.g. Baby John used to prattle on and on about the cats and his ball and the Cookie Monster.
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speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly; talk artlessly and childishly
make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in confused or aimless manner
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
move in twisting or contorted motion; contort in pain
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pterodactyl
 
 
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n.  E.g. These remains of a pterodactyl indicate that the flying reptile had a wingspan of as much as twenty feet.
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skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity
event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
period of equal days and nights; beginning of Spring and Autumn
extinct flying reptiles that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods
feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
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sumptuous
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. I cannot recall when I have had such a sumptuous Thanksgiving feast.
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tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
magnificent and splendid, suggesting abundance and great expense; luxurious
calm; not easily disturbed; not easily excited to action or passion
unconventional in an artistic way
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uniformity
 
 
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n.  E.g. It demands an approximately equal standard of life for all human beings and probably a certain uniformity of education.
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religious devotion and reverence to God; devout act, thought, or statement; godliness
facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust
sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
animals of a period or region
violation of rule or regulation; breach; minor offence or petty crime
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