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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assail
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. These days nightmares assail him regularly.
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blow in heavy gusts; speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
provide for or supply inadequately; deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material
assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
irritate; stir to anger; stir up liquid; muddy
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benediction
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The appearance of the sun after the many rainy days was like a benediction.
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superiority or decisive advantage; domination
battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing
mass for dead; song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as memorial
blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
female sheep, especially when full grown
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coiffure
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. You can make a statement with your choice of coiffure: in the sixties many African Americans affirmed their racial heritage by wearing their hair in Afros.
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incentive; stimulus; force or energy associated with a moving body
hairstyle; head-dress; manner of arranging or dressing hair
work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
disloyal person; traitor or rebel
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diffuse
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. Hamilton wished to concentrate power; Jefferson to diffuse power.
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deceive mind or judgment of; lead from truth or into error; frustrate or disappoint
proceed slowly; waste time
expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
read or examine, typically with great care
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exacting
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Cleaning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was an exacting task, one that demanded extremely meticulous care on the part of the restorers.
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very thin especially from disease or hunger
making severe demands; rigorous; requiring great care, effort, or attention
being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
precisely meaningful; forceful and brief
unwilling or with reluctance; stingy
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grandiose
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. The aged matinee idol still had grandiose notions of his supposed importance in the theatrical world.
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impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
having no equal; incomparable
unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
invulnerable; able to withstand attack
pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
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lament
 
 
(7)
v.  E.g. Even advocates of the war lament the loss of so many lives in combat.
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engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
assent; agree without protesting
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
build; put together out of components or parts
approach; tend to meet; come together
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muddle
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. He tried to muddle the issues, we cannot see the hope that they will be addressed quickly.
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persuade not to do; discourage
make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in confused or aimless manner
discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly
move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
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politic
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. Even though he was disappointed by the size of the bonus he was offered, he did not think it politic to refuse it.
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saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
expedient; artful, crafty or cunning; using, displaying, or proceeding from policy
lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; unable to think in clear manner
having cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character; overly sweet
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salient
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. One of the salient features of that newspaper is its excellent editorial page.
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abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
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swindler
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. She was gullible and trusting, an easy victim for the first swindler who came along.
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number of members necessary to conduct a meeting; select group
lack of sophistication, experience, judgment or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility
cheat; one who defrauds or makes practice of defrauding others
group of closely located islands
agitation; chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances
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terse
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. There is a fine line between speech that is terse and to the point and speech that is too abrupt.
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effectively concise; appearing as if wiped or rubbed, as smooth
silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse
firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
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