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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arbiter
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. As an arbiter in labor disputes, she has won the confidence of the workers and the employers.
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clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes
rapid growth; spread; increase in size by reproduction
state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
person with power to decide a dispute; judge
large or high waterfall; eye abnormality
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blithe
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. Shelley called the skylark a "blithe spirit" because of its happy song.
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exactly and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
harmful to living things; injurious to health
used for feeling; relating to sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
having or showing courage and spirit in trying circumstances
gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
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chasm
 
 
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n.  E.g. They could not see the bottom of the chasm.
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annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
socially awkward or tactless act; foolish error, especially one made in public
homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
deep opening in the earth surface
freedom from punishment or harm; exemption from injury, suffering, or discomfort
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downcast
 
 
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a.  E.g. Cheerful and optimistic by nature, Beth was never downcast despite the difficulties she faced.
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marked by disorder; untidy; having hair in loose disorder
large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse
low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
momentary; temporary; staying for short time
capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
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feign
 
 
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v.  E.g. Lady Macbeth decided to feign illness although she was actually healthy.
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pollute; make dirty or spotty
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
teach and impress by frequent repetitions
catch sight of; discover by careful observation or scrutiny
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impede
 
 
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v.  E.g. A series of accidents impede the launching of the space shuttle.
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hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
show or demonstrate clearly; overcome; conquer
split with or as if with a sharp instrument; pierce or penetrate; remain faithful to
cut into small parts; withdraw or exclude from membership, as of a society or body
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jaunt
 
 
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n.  E.g. He took a quick jaunt to Atlantic City.
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short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; short journey
mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing
double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith.
tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
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maniacal
 
 
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a.  E.g. Though Mr. Rochester had locked his mad wife in the attic, he could still hear her maniacal laughter echoing throughout the house.
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prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
precisely meaningful; forceful and brief
wildly disordered; excessive enthusiasm or excitement; insane
easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
equivalent in effect or value
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preempt
 
 
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v.  E.g. Hoping to preempt any attempts by the opposition to make educational reform a hot political issue, the candidate set out her own plan to revitalize the public schools.
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appropriate, seize, or take for oneself before others; gain possession of by prior right or opportunity
cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate
ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
make something last; preserve from extinction
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propagate
 
 
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v.  E.g. Since bacteria propagate more quickly in unsanitary environments, it is important to keep hospital rooms clean.
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cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to broader area or larger number
work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
shift to clockwise direction; turn sharply; change direction abruptly
speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
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skimp
 
 
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v.  E.g. They were forced to skimp on necessities in order to make their limited supplies last the winter.
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rebuke or scold angrily and at length
provide for or supply inadequately; deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material
neigh, as a horse, especially in gentle tone; cry of horse
duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat; fold over or bend back
refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
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vogue
 
 
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n.  E.g. Jeans became the vogue on many college campuses.
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one that expounds or interprets; one that speaks for, represents, or advocates
board on which painter mixes pigments
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
action taken in return for injury or offense
short, simple story teaching moral or religious lesson
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