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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archipelago
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. When I looked at the map and saw the archipelago in the South Seas, I longed to visit them.
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systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject
improper act; improper or unacceptable usage in speech or writing
heavy substance used to add stability or weight
group of closely located islands
ability to foresee future happenings
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barrage
 
 
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n.  E.g. The company was forced to retreat through the barrage of heavy cannons.
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ability to foresee future happenings
homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by public official
artificial obstruction; heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles
hard monotonous routine work
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corporeal
 
 
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a.  E.g. The doctor had no patience with spiritual matters: his job was to attend to his patients' corporeal problems, not to minister to their souls.
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eating away by chemicals or disease
calm; not easily disturbed; not easily excited to action or passion
bodily; of a material nature; tangible
exactly and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward
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elude
 
 
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v.  E.g. The logic of the concluding paragraph seems to elude me.
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avoid cleverly; escape perception of
irritate; stir to anger; stir up liquid; muddy
put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace
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espouse
 
 
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v.  E.g. She was always ready to espouse a worthy cause.
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take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
split with or as if with a sharp instrument; pierce or penetrate; remain faithful to
drive out evil spirits by or as if by incantation, command, or prayer
make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing
go backwards; decline to inferior state; degenerate
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impeach
 
 
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v.  E.g. The angry congressman wanted to impeach the president for his misdeeds.
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make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
split with or as if with a sharp instrument; pierce or penetrate; remain faithful to
differ in opinion or feeling; withhold assent or approval
teach and impress by frequent repetitions
declare to be true; affirm
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kernel
 
 
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n.  E.g. "Watson, buried within this tissue of lies there is a kernel of truth; when I find it, the mystery will be solved.".
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mass for dead; song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as memorial
action taken in return for injury or offense
unfortunate occurrence; mishap; bad luck
central or vital part; most material and central part; grain or seed as of corn
highly skilled artist, as musician; one who is dazzlingly skilled in his field
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muddle
 
 
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v.  E.g. He tried to muddle the issues, we cannot see the hope that they will be addressed quickly.
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include; consist of; be composed of
make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in confused or aimless manner
cut or clip hair; strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; discard as refuse
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procrastinate
 
 
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v.  E.g. Looking at four years of receipts he still had to sort through, Bob was truly sorry to procrastinate for so long and not finished filing his taxes long ago.
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extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate
postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness
approach; tend to meet; come together
scold harshly; criticize severely
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rebuff
 
 
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v.  E.g. You rebuff his invitation so smoothly that he does not realize he is snubbed.
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soil, smear so as to make dirty or stained
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
quick forward dive or reach; thrust
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servitude
 
 
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n.  E.g. Born a slave, Frederick Douglass resented his life of servitude and plotted to escape to the North.
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mass for dead; song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as memorial
person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea
account or history of descent of person or family from ancestor; lineage
misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by public official
forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
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tractable
 
 
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a.  E.g. Although Susan seemed a tractable young woman, she had a stubborn streak of independence.
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easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
not able to be perceived by senses, as touch; vague
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous
able to float; cheerful and optimistic
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