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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ardent
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. All her fellow demonstrators were busily making posters and handing out flyers, inspired by her ardent enthusiasm for the cause.
Select answer:
increasing by successive addition
displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
curving outward; having surface that bulges outward, as the exterior of sphere
portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
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browbeat
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. Billy resisted Ted's attempts to browbeat him handing over his lunch money.
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give a bodily form to; represent in bodily or material form; incorporate
engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
stir up fire; feed plentifully; supply a furnace with fuel
bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
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cipher
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Lacking his code book, the spy was unable to decode the message sent to him in cipher.
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mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly
heavy substance used to add stability or weight
song for two or three unaccompanied voices; short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music
secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions
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despondent
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. To the dismay of his parents, William became seriously despondent after he broke up with Jan; they despaired of finding a cure for his gloom.
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extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to prior conditions
struck by shock, terror, or amazement
in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care
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epitome
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. Singing "I am the very model of a modern Major-General," in The Pirates of Penzance, Major-General Stanley proclaimed himself the epitome of an officer and a gentleman.
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representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
lever used to turn a rudder and steer a boat; drawer in table, chest, or counter
extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness
language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
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impassive
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Refusing to let the enemy see how deeply shaken he was by his capture, the prisoner kept his face impassive.
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unclear or doubtful in meaning
firmly or constant loyal; fixed or unchanging
without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
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incidence
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. The highest incidence is found in Britain, Australia and Belgium: 30 per 1,000,000 per year.
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strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
sediment settled at bottom of liquid; waste or worthless matter
religious devotion and reverence to God; devout act, thought, or statement; godliness
rate of occurrence; particular occurrence
person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others
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omnipotent
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The monarch regarded himself as omnipotent and responsible to no one for his acts.
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silent; muffled; toned down; indistinct
tough; strong and firm; possessing physical strength and weight
rubbing away; tending to grind down
all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force
momentary; temporary; staying for short time
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parity
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. Unfortunately, some doubt exists whether women's salaries will ever achieve parity with men's.
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flowing into; mass arrival or incoming
act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
conventions; moral standards; accepted traditional customs
face or facial features; appearance, especially the expression of the face
equality in status or amount; similarity or close
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rehabilitate
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. We must rehabilitate those whom we send to prison.
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leave to someone by a will; hand down
fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
degrade; debase, as in dignity or social standing
restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to former state of health or good repute
move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
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solicitous
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. The employer was very solicitous about the health of her employees as replacements were difficult to get.
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worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
mixed up; difficult to understand because it has been distorted
influential in original way; providing basis for further development; creative
unoriginal; derived from another source
fearless; indicating or springing from courage
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utopia
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. Fed up with this imperfect universe, Don would have liked to run off to Shangri-la or some other imaginary utopia.
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gold and silver in the form of bars
ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects
equality in status or amount; similarity or close
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
board on which painter mixes pigments
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