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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anomalous
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. He was placed in the anomalous position of seeming to approve procedures which he despised.
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occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule
coiled around; highly involved; intricate
giving out or shedding light, as sun or fire; reflecting light; having brilliant surface
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barrage
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The company was forced to retreat through the barrage of heavy cannons.
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scornful treatment; insulting speech or conduct
lack of sophistication, experience, judgment or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility
cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
artificial obstruction; heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles
prayer for help; calling upon as reference or support
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cleave
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. Julia Child can cleave a whole roast duck in two.
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deduce; conclude from evidence or premises; lead to as a consequence or conclusion
split with or as if with a sharp instrument; pierce or penetrate; remain faithful to
offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
move in twisting or contorted motion; contort in pain
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disquiet
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. Holmes's absence for a day, slightly caused to disquiet Watson; after a week with no word, however, Watson's uneasiness about his missing friend had grown into a deep fear for his safety.
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make very hot and dry; become superficially burned
discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly
plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
include; consist of; be composed of
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
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foreboding
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. Suspecting no conspiracies against him, Caesar gently ridiculed his wife's foreboding about the Ides of March.
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expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen
act of supposing; something supposed; assumption
shack; small, wretched house
mass for dead; song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as memorial
state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
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forlorn
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Deserted by her big sisters and her friends, the forlorn child sat sadly on the steps awaiting their return.
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reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
well-bred; marked by refinement in taste and manners
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind
lacking proper seriousness; speaking freely; talkative; communicative
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instigate
 
 
(7)
v.  E.g. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to instigate an investigation into the department's activities.
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stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
remove outer covering or skin of with knife or similar instrument
look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice
goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
put down by force or intimidation ; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide
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lofty
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Though Barbara Jordan's fellow students used to tease her about her lofty ambitions, she rose to hold one of the highest positions in the land.
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high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism
dull, unimaginative, and commonplace; old-fashioned; stuffy
acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred; violating sacred things; profane
huge; of a tremendous size, volume, degree
reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
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patriarch
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. In many primitive tribes, the leader and lawmaker was the patriarch.
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trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
father and ruler of family or tribe
necessary requirement; indispensable item
something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book
swiftness of action or motion; speed
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secular
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. The church leaders decided not to interfere in secular matters.
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dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor
worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
influential in original way; providing basis for further development; creative
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless
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tarry
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. We can't tarry if we want to get to the airport on time.
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decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper
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torrent
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. You can see the torrent run downhill in day after day heavy rains.
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rushing stream; flood; heavy downpour
very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
central or vital part; most material and central part; grain or seed as of corn
raised platform for guests of honor
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