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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ascetic
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. The wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, ascetic life led by members of some monastic orders.
Select answer:
leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
able to live both on land and in water
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catapult
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The airplane is launched from battleship by catapult.
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quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
slingshot; hurling machine; military machine for hurling missiles, used in ancient and medieval times
former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather
boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
period of equal days and nights; beginning of Spring and Autumn
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circumspect
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Investigating before acting, she tried always to be circumspect.
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tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
dark; dusky; naturally having skin of a dark color
expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
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disquiet
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. Holmes's absence for a day, slightly caused to disquiet Watson; after a week with no word, however, Watson's uneasiness about his missing friend had grown into a deep fear for his safety.
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cut away; cut out; remove by or as if by cutting
bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; discard as refuse
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
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facetious
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Instead, the crowd began sarcastically to cheer him on and showered him with facetious advice.
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extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
deceptive or tending of deceive; not real
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
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furtive
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Noticing the furtive glance that the customer gave the diamond, the jeweler wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter on his hands.
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neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to prior conditions
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
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indignity
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. Although he seemed to accept cheerfully the indignity hit upon him, he was inwardly very angry.
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act or process of infusing; introduction of a solution into person through vein for therapeutic purposes
support; active pleading on behalf of something
shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
offensive or insulting treatment
mental disorder marked by confusion
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molten
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The city of Pompeii was destroyed by volcanic ash rather than by molten lava flowing from Mount Vesuvius.
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holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
made liquid by heat; glowing red-hot; being in a state of fusion
unconventional in an artistic way
green; full of juice in vegetation
containing or derived from error; mistaken
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proliferation
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the proliferation of countless get-rich-quick schemes.
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fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
pretense; something intended to misrepresent
face or facial features; appearance, especially the expression of the face
rapid growth; spread; increase in size by reproduction
double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith.
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sanguine
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. Let us not be too sanguine about the outcome; something could go wrong.
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obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest
making severe demands; rigorous; requiring great care, effort, or attention
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
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tenuous
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. The allegiance of our allies is held by rather tenuous ties; we all should see it's in dangerous.
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making severe demands; rigorous; requiring great care, effort, or attention
eating away by chemicals or disease
marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply
long and thin; slender; having little substance
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tome
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. He spent much time in the library poring over an ancient tome.
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brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
large volume; large and scholarly book
place of residence of a person or a family
bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization
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