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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aromatic
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Medieval sailing vessels brought aromatic herbs from China to Europe.
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fragrant or sweet-smelling; caused by fragrant odor
in a position that is turned toward one side; away from correct course
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; multicolored
not able to be perceived by senses, as touch; vague
unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse
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bicker
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. The children bicker morning, noon, and night, exasperating their parents.
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provide for or supply inadequately; deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material
offer illicit sex with third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations
form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will
engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
show or demonstrate clearly; overcome; conquer
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composure
 
 
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n.  E.g. Even the latest work crisis failed to shake her composure.
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person regarded as stupid or awkward
mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
leave of absence; vacation granted a soldier or civil servant
yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
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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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rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils
take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will
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epoch
 
 
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n.  E.g. The glacial epoch lasted for thousands of years.
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state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable
beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; process of receiving within
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illusory
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Unfortunately, the costs of running the lemonade stand were so high that Tom's profits proved illusory.
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unlikely; difficult to believe; dubious
tough; strong and firm; possessing physical strength and weight
admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous
deceptive or tending of deceive; not real
wholly absorbing one's attention
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judicious
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. At a key moment in his life, he made a judicious investment that was the foundation of his later wealth.
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demanding great effort or labor; difficult
burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
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outspoken
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The candidate was too outspoken to be a successful politician; he had not yet learned to weigh his words carefully.
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unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
free of guilt; not subject to blame; completely acceptable
given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
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penury
 
 
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n.  E.g. When his pension fund failed, George feared he would end his days in penury. He became such a penny pincher that he turned into a closefisted, penurious miser.
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vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art
tiny piece of anything; very small particle
photographic composition combining elements from different sources
who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who acts in a practical or straightforward manner
extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency
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sardonic
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. The sardonic humor of nightclub comedians who satirize or ridicule patrons in the audience strikes some people as amusing and others as rude.
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disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking
being without boundaries or limits; infinite; vast
indefensible; not able to be maintained
tireless; showing sustained enthusiastic action
deserving of praise; worthy of high praise
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tenuous
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. The allegiance of our allies is held by rather tenuous ties; we all should see it's in dangerous.
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impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous
flexible; moving and bending with ease
crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled
long and thin; slender; having little substance
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wily
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. She is as wily as a fox in avoiding trouble.
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composed of elements from a variety of sources
smooth and shining; reflecting luster from smooth or polished surface; plausible
having cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character; overly sweet
hard to understand; known only in a particular group
cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
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