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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annals
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. In the annals of this period, we find no mention of democratic movements.
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extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
something that holds back or causes problems with something else; obstacle
chronological record of the events of successive years
facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust
quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character
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caustic
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. The critic's caustic remarks angered the hapless actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm.
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good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
influential in original way; providing basis for further development; creative
capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
expressing devotion or piety; earnest in religious field
knowing or perceiving; part of mental functions that deals with logic
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coiffure
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. You can make a statement with your choice of coiffure: in the sixties many African Americans affirmed their racial heritage by wearing their hair in Afros.
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conventions; moral standards; accepted traditional customs
religious devotion and reverence to God; devout act, thought, or statement; godliness
lack of sophistication, experience, judgment or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility
hairstyle; head-dress; manner of arranging or dressing hair
face or facial features; appearance, especially the expression of the face
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dowdy
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. She tried to change her dowdy image by buying a new fashionable wardrobe.
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untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious
composed of elements from a variety of sources
winding; twisting; curving in alternate directions; having the shape or form of a snake
lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby; old-fashioned
having or producing full, loud, or deep sound; impressive in style of speech; easy to feel
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exalt
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. The queen will exalt the actor Alec Guinness to the rank of knighthood.
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work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
raise in rank or dignity; praise
make less severe or harsh; moderate
speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly; talk artlessly and childishly
determine votes; examine carefully or discuss thoroughly; scrutinize
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illusory
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Unfortunately, the costs of running the lemonade stand were so high that Tom's profits proved illusory.
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careful to fulfill obligations; expressing or filled with sense of obligation
deceptive or tending of deceive; not real
unoriginal; derived from another source
influential in original way; providing basis for further development; creative
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
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limber
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Hours of ballet classes kept him limber.
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periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
consisting of, relating to, or being in water
very liberal in giving; showing great generosity
excessively greedy; predatory; taking by force; plundering
capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily
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muddle
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. He tried to muddle the issues, we cannot see the hope that they will be addressed quickly.
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appease or pacify; bring peace to
emphasize; stress; pronounce with a stress or accent; mark with an accent
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in confused or aimless manner
differ in opinion or feeling; withhold assent or approval
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porous
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. Dancers like to wear porous clothing because it allows the ready passage of water and air.
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suggesting puzzlement; mocking; curious
full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
weakened, worn out, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use
trivial; of slight worth or importance; frivolous or idle
abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
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rebuke
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. No matter how sharply I rebuke Huck for his misconduct, he never talks back but just stand there like a stump.
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shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
scold harshly; criticize severely
give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
provide for or supply inadequately; deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material
treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
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soluble
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Sugar is soluble in water; put a sugar cube in water and it will quickly dissolve.
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being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
insignificant; lacking importance; not following from premises or evidence; illogical
relating to space; existing in or connected with space
able to be dissolved; able to be explained
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transcendent
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. For the amateur chef, dining at the four-star restaurant was a transcendent experience: the meal surpassed his wildest dreams.
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tough; strong and firm; possessing physical strength and weight
capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices
bold; incapable of being discouraged; fearless
surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits; superior
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