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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archaeology
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. The professor of archaeology headed an expedition to the Gobi Desert in search of ancient ruins.
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study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing
main impact or shock; main burden
very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
remainder; small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
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azure
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. Azure skies are indicative of good weather.
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relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical
sky blue; light purplish-blue
having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
rubbing away; tending to grind down
lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort
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concave
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. The back-packers found partial shelter from the storm by huddling against the concave wall of the cliff.
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periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
healthily plump and ample of figure; full-bosomed; vigorous; jolly
happening, as occasional event, without regularity; coming without design
deceptive or tending of deceive; not real
hollow; curved like inner surface of sphere
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diffuse
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. Hamilton wished to concentrate power; Jefferson to diffuse power.
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rid or deprive of inhabitants; lay waste; devastate
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness
be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
read or examine, typically with great care
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epitaph
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. In his will, he dictated the epitaph he wanted placed on his tombstone.
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inscription on tombstone in memory
formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity
remainder; small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
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garrulous
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. My Uncle Henry can outtalk any three people I know. He is the most garrulous person in Cayuga County.
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hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure
talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
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insulated
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. That basic research and advanced technology budgets are not insulated from the big NASA projects.
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extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
effectively concise; appearing as if wiped or rubbed, as smooth
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
set apart; isolated in restricted sense, so remote from other bodies
marked by disorder; untidy; having hair in loose disorder
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negligible
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Because the damage to his car had been negligible, Michael decided he wouldn't bother to report the matter to his insurance company.
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not intended; not knowing; unaware; ignorant
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
not able to be perceived by senses, as touch; vague
unclear or doubtful in meaning
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periphery
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. He sensed that there was something just beyond the periphery of his vision.
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one opposed to force; antimilitarist
very small portion or allowance assigned, whether of food or money
remainder; small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
edge, especially of a round surface; surface of a solid; circumference
earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
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reprisal
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Villagers have reported that thousands of homes have been burned to the ground in reprisal attacks mainly by the FDLR.
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filthy and wretched condition or quality; dirty or neglected state
action taken in return for injury or offense
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
large volume; large and scholarly book
place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion; secluded, quiet place
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steadfast
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Penelope was steadfast in her affections, faithfully waiting for Ulysses to return from his wanderings.
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pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
firmly or constant loyal; fixed or unchanging
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown
deceptive or tending of deceive; not real
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vagabond
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. A vagabond is at home nowhere because he wanders: a child should wander because it ought to be at home everywhere.
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arsonist; bomb that is designed to start fires
improper act; improper or unacceptable usage in speech or writing
person without permanent home who moves from place to place; wanderer; tramp
lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
effort; expenditure of much physical work
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