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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accede
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. The idea that one of the two chief executives should eventually accede to the role, as has happened in the past, would raise fresh doubts about the board's independence.
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agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
lose animation; be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor
rob; strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask unreasonable price
list each one; mention one by one
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bandy
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. While the president was happy to bandy patriotic generalizations with anyone who would listen to him, he refused to exchange words with unfriendly reporters at the press conference.
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soil, smear so as to make dirty or stained
proceed slowly; waste time
put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
pay costs of; undertake payment of; make compensation to or for
discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly
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clique
 
 
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n.  E.g. Fitzgerald wished that he belonged to the clique of popular athletes and big men on campus.
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small exclusive group of friends or associates
large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
standstill resulting from opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
doctor who specializes in diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments
personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
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denounce
 
 
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v.  E.g. The reform candidate kept to denounce the corrupt city officers for having betrayed the public's trust.
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condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner
applaud; announce with great approval
border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
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fodder
 
 
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n.  E.g. One of Nancy's chores at the ranch was to put fresh supplies of fodder in the horses' stalls.
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coarse food for cattle or horses
agitation; chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances
combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
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impassive
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Refusing to let the enemy see how deeply shaken he was by his capture, the prisoner kept his face impassive.
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having many talents; capable of working in many fields
by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually
plowed but left unseeded during a growing season; uncultivated
without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
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languor
 
 
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n.  E.g. His friends tried to overcome the languor into which he had fallen by taking him to parties and to the theater.
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shack; small, wretched house
severe pang of pain, as in childbirth; condition of agonizing struggle or trouble
feeling of lack of interest or energy; depression
patience; restraint of passions; act of forbearing or waiting
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
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maul
 
 
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v.  E.g. What can he do for this country besides serenade us with poetry and not maul the English language like Bush?
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cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; discard as refuse
express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept
feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn; express sorrow or grief over; regret
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
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predecessor
 
 
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n.  E.g. I hope I can live up to the fine example set by my late predecessor in this office.
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person with insane desire to set things on fire
crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group; likeness or image, especially of a person
noise; loud outcry; expression of discontent or protest
former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather
group of closely located islands
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scruple
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. Fearing that her husband had become involved in an affair, she did not scruple to read his diary.
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gradually deprive infants of mother's milk; detach affections of
talk rapidly, unintelligibly, or idly
hesitate as a result of conscience or principle
delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
pollute; make dirty or spotty
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temperate
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Try to be temperate in your eating this holiday season; if you control your appetite, you won't gain too much weight.
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not essential; coming from outside
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
clear, transparent or bright; calm, untroubled, and without worry
untimely; poorly chosen; inconvenient; unseasonable; unsuitable
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
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turbid
 
 
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a.  E.g. The water was turbid after the children had waded through it.
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muddy; having sediment disturbed; heavy, dark, or dense, as smoke or fog
unclear or doubtful in meaning
large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort
flexible; moving and bending with ease
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