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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advent
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Reasoning by analogy, we can come to no other conclusion, unless their advent is anticipated by the arrival of ready-made colonists from the more advanced earth, like ourselves.
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violation of rule or regulation; breach; minor offence or petty crime
former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather
person who seeks to overturn established government; advocate of abolishing authority
coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important
arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
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assuage
 
 
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v.  E.g. Jilted by Jane, Dick tried to assuage his heartache by indulging in ice cream.
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interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
corrupt; seduce from virtue
make young again; restore to youthful vigor or appearance
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
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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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woman who rules a family, clan, or tribe; highly respected woman who is a mother
mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or personal gain
rectangular frame attached working parts, as of automobile
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discriminating
 
 
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a.  E.g. A superb interpreter of Picasso, she was sufficiently discriminating to judge the most complex works of modern art.
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able to see differences; showing careful judgment or fine taste
elaborately or excessively ornamented
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
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fanaticism
 
 
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n.  E.g. An Israeli study of Palestinian suicide bombers from 2003 says religious fanaticism is just one of many factors.
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excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes
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forsake
 
 
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v.  E.g. No one expected Foster to forsake his wife and children and run off with another woman.
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produce; give rise to
deceive mind or judgment of; lead from truth or into error; frustrate or disappoint
leave someone who needs or counts on you
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
become quiet or less intensive
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intrepid
 
 
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a.  E.g. For her intrepid conduct nursing the wounded during the war, Florence Nightingale was honored by Queen Victoria.
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exceeding reasonable limits; excessive; not regulated; disorderly
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
fearless; indicating or springing from courage
moderately warm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted
having or producing full, loud, or deep sound; impressive in style of speech; easy to feel
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meddlesome
 
 
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a.  E.g. He felt his marriage was suffering because of his meddlesome mother-in-law.
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excessively abundant or numerous; in widespread existence, practice, or use
perceptive; shrewd; having insight
good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
inclined to interfere in other people's business; intrusive in offensive manner
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placebo
 
 
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n.  E.g. In a controlled experiment, fifty volunteers were given aspirin tablets; the control group received only placebo ones.
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expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen
state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension; involuntary trembling or quivering
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
doctor who specializes in diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments
calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
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pyromania
 
 
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n.  E.g. The detectives searched the area for the pyromania who had set these costly fires.
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person with insane desire to set things on fire
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
small rounded hill or mound; top or crown of hill
formal investigation, often held before a jury; judicial inquiry
mental disorder marked by confusion
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spatial
 
 
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a.  E.g. NASA is engaged in an ongoing program of spatial exploration.
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exactly and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
relating to space; existing in or connected with space
marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others
dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor
comparable; similar or alike
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windfall
 
 
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n.  E.g. This huge tax refund is quite a windfall; we will go vocation by this money.
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ability to foresee future happenings
sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or personal gain
beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; process of receiving within
feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
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