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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anarchist
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Denying she was an anarchist, Katya maintained she wished only to make changes in our government, not to destroy it entirely.
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withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
lack of sophistication, experience, judgment or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility
willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
person who seeks to overturn established government; advocate of abolishing authority
mental disorder marked by confusion
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azure
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. Azure skies are indicative of good weather.
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sky blue; light purplish-blue
wholly absorbing one's attention
unpleasant-smelling; having offensive smell; stinking
separated at joints; out of joint; lacking order or coherence
causing annoyance, weariness, or vexation; tedious
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corrosive
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Stainless steel is able to withstand the effects of corrosive chemicals.
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giving a false appearance of frankness; not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
bodily; of a material nature; tangible
requiring sitting; accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise; living in one area, not migratory
eating away by chemicals or disease
marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
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douse
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. They douse each other with hoses and water balloons.
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close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
behave arrogantly or pompously; walk with swaying motion
plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
produce; give rise to
pollute; make dirty or spotty
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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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approve formally; confirm; verify
injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
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germane
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. The judge refused to allow the testimony to be heard by the jury because it was not germane to the case.
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excessively or elaborately decorated; flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner
indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
inharmonious; impossible to coexist; not easy to combine harmoniously
related to the topic being discussed or considered; appropriate or fitting; relevant
unable to be restrained; difficult or impossible to control or restrain
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irrepressible
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. My friend Kitty's curiosity was irrepressible: she poked her nose into everybody's business and just laughed.
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unable to be restrained; difficult or impossible to control or restrain
occurring or taking place in person's mind rather than external world; unreal
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
struck by shock, terror, or amazement
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ogle
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. At the coffee house, Walter was too shy to ogle the pretty girls openly; instead, he peeked out at them from behind a rubber plant.
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look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice
give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
belittle; speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank
be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
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poseur
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. Some thought Salvador Dali was a brilliant painter; others dismissed him as a poseur.
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intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror
great enjoyable or amusing activity
person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others
fixed and regular payment, such as salary for services or allowance.
necessary requirement; indispensable item
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scurvy
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. Peter Pan sneered at Captain Hook and his scurvy crew.
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turned or twisted toward one side; at an angle
bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby
joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
very precise and formal; exceedingly proper
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stalwart
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. His consistent support of the party has proved that he is a stalwart and loyal member.
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difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm and resolute
burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
dead; no longer in use or existence
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torrid
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Harlequin Romances publish torrid tales of love affairs, some set in hot climates.
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very small; tiny; lowercase letter
lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby; old-fashioned
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt
relating to space; existing in or connected with space
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