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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acumen
 
 
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n.  E.g. However, her team's political acumen is clearly beyond mine, an Ivy League Medical Science Professor and NOT a Political "Science" Professor.
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person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples
positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
faithless lover; fickle lover; flirt, usually applies only to men
mental keenness; quickness of perception
period of equal days and nights; beginning of Spring and Autumn
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beset
 
 
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v.  E.g. Many vexing problems beset the American public school system.
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approve formally; confirm; verify
hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; make a false show of
attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
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chameleon
 
 
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n.  E.g. Like the chameleon, he assumed the political thinking of every group he met.
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arsonist; bomb that is designed to start fires
opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection
lizard that changes color in different situations
short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
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depravity
 
 
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n.  E.g. This bias towards evil is sometimes called depravity or original sin.
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surviving remnant; something left after loss or decay; object kept for its association with the past
extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness
moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger
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esoteric
 
 
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a.  E.g. The New Yorker short stories often include esoteric allusions to obscure people and events.
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hard to understand; known only in a particular group
containing a high amount of water or water vapor
in a position that is turned toward one side; away from correct course
marked by or given to innovations; introducing a change
portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
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impute
 
 
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v.  E.g. It seemed unfair to impute the accident on me, especially since they were the ones who ran the red light.
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cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion
violate with violence, especially to sacred place
destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
lay responsibility or blame for, often unjustly
refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
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intermittent
 
 
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a.  E.g. The outdoor wedding reception had to be moved indoors to avoid the intermittent showers that fell on and off all afternoon.
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periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
equivalent in effect or value
full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
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nomadic
 
 
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a.  E.g. Several nomadic tribes of Indians would hunt in this area each year.
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not essential; coming from outside
in a position that is turned toward one side; away from correct course
leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled
occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort
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plaintive
 
 
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a.  E.g. The dove has a plaintive and melancholy call.
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muddy; having sediment disturbed; heavy, dark, or dense, as smoke or fog
expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad
overly simple; simplifying something so that its complexity is lost or important details are overlooked
stormy; showing no mercy; physically severe
having no equal; incomparable
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quell
 
 
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v.  E.g. Miss Minchin's demeanor was so stern and forbidding that she could quell any unrest among her students with one intimidating glance.
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give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly or humorously
cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
bring up out of earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
applaud; announce with great approval
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succumb
 
 
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v.  E.g. President Zardari told the two US officials that Pakistan was fighting for its survival but would not succumb to the militants.
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request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
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vehement
 
 
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a.  E.g. Alfred became so vehement in describing what was wrong with the Internal Revenue Service that he began jumping up and down and frothing at the mouth.
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forceful; intensely emotional; inclined to react violently
not literal, but metaphorical; using figure of speech
having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; irregular, casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
relating to space; existing in or connected with space
inharmonious; impossible to coexist; not easy to combine harmoniously
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