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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arable
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. The first settlers wrote home glowing reports of the New World, praising its vast acres of arable land ready for the plow.
Select answer:
pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
fit for growing crops, as by plowing
echoing; strong and deep in tone; resounding; having lasting presence or effect
morally or legally constraining; required; binding
stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid
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belie
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. His coarse, hard-bitten exterior does belie his inner sensitivity.
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disturb composure of; dismay; ruffle
feel or express pity or sympathy for
contradict; give a false impression
avoid cleverly; escape perception of
go backwards; decline to inferior state; degenerate
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circumspect
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Investigating before acting, she tried always to be circumspect.
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extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
comparable; similar or alike
having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
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empirical
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes; he placed his reliance entirely on empirical data.
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prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
open to view; not secret or hidden
shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
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eon
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. It has taken an eon for our digital civilization to develop.
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major city, especially chief city of country or region
person with power to decide a dispute; judge
violation of rule or regulation; breach; minor offence or petty crime
long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface
indefinitely long period of time; age
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genteel
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. We are looking for a man with a genteel appearance who can inspire confidence by his cultivated manner.
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worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; showing sorrow
well-bred; marked by refinement in taste and manners
not essential; coming from outside
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
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killjoy
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. At breakfast we had all been enjoying our bacon and eggs until that killjoy John started talking about how bad animal fats were for our health.
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component or part; citizen, voter
representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander
one who spoils pleasure or fun of others; spoilsport
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monotony
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. What could be more deadly dull than the monotony of punching numbers into a computer hour after hour?
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study of insects; branch of zoology which treats of insects
narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
uniformity or lack of variation; continual increase, or continual decrease; tedium as a result of repetition
expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
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parry
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. Unwilling to injure his opponent in such a pointless clash, Dartagnan simply tried to parry his rival's thrusts.
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avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
emphasize; stress; pronounce with a stress or accent; mark with an accent
stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
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propensity
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Convinced of his own talent, Sol has an unfortunate propensity to belittle the talents of others.
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symbol of disgrace; small mark, as scar or birthmark; mark made with red-hot iron
practice of ending life of hopelessly ill individuals; assisted suicide
photographic composition combining elements from different sources
place where things may be put for safekeeping, as storehouse, warehouse, museum, or tomb
natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection
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superfluous
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Betsy lacked the heart to tell June that the wedding present she brought was superfluous; she and Bob had already received five toasters.
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indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent
flexible; moving and bending with ease
expedient; artful, crafty or cunning; using, displaying, or proceeding from policy
being beyond what is required or sufficient
winding; twisting; curving in alternate directions; having the shape or form of a snake
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thrifty
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. A thrifty shopper compares prices before making major purchases.
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lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; unable to think in clear manner
well-bred; marked by refinement in taste and manners
yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
careful about money; economical
determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
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