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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aromatic
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Medieval sailing vessels brought aromatic herbs from China to Europe.
Select answer:
fragrant or sweet-smelling; caused by fragrant odor
unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
easily approachable; warmly friendly
throw into confusion; deeply involved especially in something complicated
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celerity
 
 
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n.  E.g. Hamlet resented his mother's celerity in remarrying within a month after his father's death.
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one that expounds or interprets; one that speaks for, represents, or advocates
event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
abnormal; markedly different from an accepted norm
swiftness of action or motion; speed
ban on commerce or other activity
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deadlock
 
 
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n.  E.g. Because negotiations had reached a deadlock, some of the delegates had begun to mutter about breaking off the talks.
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standstill resulting from opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
improper act; improper or unacceptable usage in speech or writing
noisy speech; speech or piece of writing with strong feeling or expression
place where different tree varieties are exhibited
crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group; likeness or image, especially of a person
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deluge
 
 
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n.  E.g. When we advertised the position, we received a deluge of applications.
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great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
huge creature; something enormous in size or power
forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis; overstatement
exact copy or reproduction, as of a document; fax
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extricate
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. Icebreakers were needed to extricate the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.
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treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
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hackneyed
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. When the reviewer criticized the movie for its hackneyed plot, we agreed; we had seen similar stories hundreds of times before.
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suffering from indigestion; appearing as if affected by disorder; sickly
untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
very small; tiny; lowercase letter
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levity
 
 
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n.  E.g. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew: such levity is improper in church.
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quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character
secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
lack of seriousness; lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
offensively bold behavior; trait of being rude
natural consequence or effect; result
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nepotism
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. John left his position with the company because he felt that advancement was based on nepotism rather than ability.
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equality in status or amount; similarity or close
favoring of relatives or friends because of their relationship rather than their abilities
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust
agitation; chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances
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prelude
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. I am afraid that this border raid is the prelude to more serious attacks.
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indefinitely long period of time; age
something that holds back or causes problems with something else; obstacle
introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
fortress; projecting part of fortification; well-fortified position
symbol of disgrace; small mark, as scar or birthmark; mark made with red-hot iron
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retrograde
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. Instead of advancing, our civilization seems to retrograde in ethics and culture.
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appear or take shape, usually in enlarged or distorted form
go backwards; decline to inferior state; degenerate
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
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serendipity
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. Many scientific discoveries are a matter of serendipity.
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swiftness of action or motion; speed
gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck
part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border
mass of floating ice; ice formed by freezing of surface-water of polar oceans
rebuke; punishment or retribution that one deserves; outcome which is justly deserved
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unwieldy
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. The large carton was so unwieldy that the movers had trouble getting it up the stairs.
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neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
outgoing and sociable; broad and extensive; able to increase in size
rubbing away; tending to grind down
difficult to use or handle because of size or weight or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture
exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent
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