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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abstruse
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. She carries around abstruse works of philosophy, not because she understands them but because she wants her friends to think she does.
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obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative
complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
not literal, but metaphorical; using figure of speech
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capricious
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. The storm was capricious: it changed course constantly.
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peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
in name only; insignificantly small
young and inexperienced; having just acquired its flight feathers
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual
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combustible
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. After the recent outbreak of fires in private homes, the fire commissioner ordered that all combustible materials be kept in safe containers.
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indefensible; not able to be maintained
complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
dull; lacking luster or shine
happening, as occasional event, without regularity; coming without design
capable of igniting and burning; easily aroused or excited
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demure
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. She was demure and reserved, a nice modest girl whom any young man would be proud to take home to his mother.
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marked by energy and vigor; manly; able to copulate, as for male
tireless; showing sustained enthusiastic action
morally or legally constraining; required; binding
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
firmly or constant loyal; fixed or unchanging
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figurative
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. The only difference between the verbs loan and lend is that loan can’t be used in figurative senses.
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very thin especially from disease or hunger
stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
occurring or taking place in person's mind rather than external world; unreal
rash; marked by unthinking boldness
not literal, but metaphorical; using figure of speech
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imperceptible
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Fortunately, the stain on the blouse was imperceptible after the blouse had gone through the wash.
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fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
into separate parts or pieces; apart
having a common center, circles of different size, one within another
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
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inscrutable
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Experienced poker players try to keep their expressions inscrutable, hiding their reactions to the cards behind a so-called "poker face."
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capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
suggesting puzzlement; mocking; curious
overly simple; simplifying something so that its complexity is lost or important details are overlooked
trivial; of slight worth or importance; frivolous or idle
impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
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montage
 
 
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n.  E.g. In one early montage, Beauchamp brought together pictures of broken newspaper clippings about the Vietnam War.
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photographic composition combining elements from different sources
aggressive entrance into foreign territory; raid or invasion
devaluation; decrease in price or value
flight of missiles; round of gunshots; tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
breakdown or decay of organic materials; act or result of decomposing
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progeny
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. He was proud of his progeny in general, but regarded George as the most promising of all his children.
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willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect
one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product
event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
huge creature; something enormous in size or power
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repository
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. This library is repository of the country's best thoughts.
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place where things may be put for safekeeping, as storehouse, warehouse, museum, or tomb
known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame
abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces
quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character
viewer who enjoys seeing sex acts or sex organs of others
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stifle
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. Halfway through the boring lecture, Laura gave up trying to stifle her yawns.
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turn aside, especially from main subject in writing or speaking
lay responsibility or blame for, often unjustly
interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
behead; cut off the head of
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
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transgression
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. If the transgression is a result of accident rather than impulse or intent, the root is not in us.
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violation of law, command, or duty; exceeding of due bounds or limits
coarse food for cattle or horses
payment or expense; output
ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
small house or cottage usually having a single story and attic
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