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
flexible; moving and bending with ease
state of being held in high esteem and honor
related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
of the same or similar nature or kind
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cameo
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. Maybe you recall her cameo appearance in the movie version of Six Degrees of Separation.
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fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
person with prejudiced belief in superiority of own kind
departure of a large number of people
piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
board on which painter mixes pigments
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converge
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. African-American men from all over the United States will converge on Washington to take part in the historic Million Men march.
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appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
approach; tend to meet; come together
speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly
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desultory
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. In prison Malcolm X set himself the task of reading straight through the dictionary; to him, reading was purposeful, not desultory.
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causing annoyance, weariness, or vexation; tedious
treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
gray or white with or as if with age; covered with grayish hair
echoing; strong and deep in tone; resounding; having lasting presence or effect
aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with subject
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floe
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. The ship made slow progress as it battered its way through the ice floe.
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mass of floating ice; ice formed by freezing of surface-water of polar oceans
place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion; secluded, quiet place
clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes
secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
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gape
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. We saw the huge pit gape before him; if he stumbled, he would fall in.
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restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper
open the mouth wide; yawn from sleepiness, weariness, or dullness
dig out of ground; remove from grave
cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach
destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
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jettison
 
 
(7)
v.  E.g. In order to enable the ship to ride safely through the storm, the captain had to jettison much of his cargo.
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draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
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mire
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. The mud could mire their rear wheels.
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guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
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painstaking
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. The truth is, I didn’t want to have to call any parents, so by outlining everything in painstaking detail in my newsletters, I could avoid it.
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impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous
silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse
not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
state of being held in high esteem and honor
extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
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qualm
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. My main qualm is the lack of consistency and logical plotting.
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condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference
difference; condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
filthy and wretched condition or quality; dirty or neglected state
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submissive
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. She sat still, in submissive patience, her cheek pale with the working of a heart too big for that little body.
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yielding; inclined or ready to submit
making severe demands; rigorous; requiring great care, effort, or attention
calm; not easily disturbed; not easily excited to action or passion
smooth and shining; reflecting luster from smooth or polished surface; plausible
brief; effectively cut short; marked by use of few words
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vernal
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Bea basked in the balmy vernal breezes, happy that winter was coming to an end.
Select answer:
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind
not essential; coming from outside
set apart; isolated in restricted sense, so remote from other bodies
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