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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arousal
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. When arousal is too low, we become bored, and seek out activities to stimulate our minds.
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indefinitely long period of time; age
deep gully; a dry gulch; brook or creek; watercourse
act of awaking from sleep; arousing from what is like sleep
grievous loss; particularly, the loss of a relative or friend by death
sudden strong change or reaction in feeling, especially a feeling of violent disgust
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boisterous
 
 
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a.  E.g. The unruly crowd became even more boisterous when he tried to quiet them.
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having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
inclined to interfere in other people's business; intrusive in offensive manner
subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
harmful; tending to injure or impair; abusive; insulting
rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
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cordon
 
 
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n.  E.g. The police cordon was so tight that the criminals could not leave the area.
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science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
line around an area to enclose or guard it
natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection
intensity of feeling; warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion
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depreciation
 
 
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n.  E.g. These days we all see a depreciation of the dollar against the yen.
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tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
small, smooth, flat surface, as on a bone or tooth; side; a smooth surface
extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
devaluation; decrease in price or value
formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
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euthanasia
 
 
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n.  E.g. Euthanasia has always been the topic of much moral debate.
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artificial obstruction; heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles
practice of ending life of hopelessly ill individuals; assisted suicide
traitor; one who turns against previous affiliation or allegiance
capacity of guardian; guardianship; capacity or activity of tutor; instruction or teaching
scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
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genteel
 
 
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a.  E.g. We are looking for a man with a genteel appearance who can inspire confidence by his cultivated manner.
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having many talents; capable of working in many fields
very liberal in giving; showing great generosity
well-bred; marked by refinement in taste and manners
located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
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inception
 
 
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n.  E.g. She was involved with the project from its inception.
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error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object
beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; process of receiving within
hard monotonous routine work
board on which painter mixes pigments
improper act; improper or unacceptable usage in speech or writing
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ornate
 
 
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a.  E.g. With its elaborately carved, convoluted lines, furniture of the Baroque period was highly ornate.
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free of artificiality; natural; open and honest
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
excessively or elaborately decorated; flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner
free of guilt; not subject to blame; completely acceptable
having been delayed; done or sent too late
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pretext
 
 
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n.  E.g. He looked for a good pretext to get out of paying a visit to his aunt.
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study of insects; branch of zoology which treats of insects
cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; sound of heavy treading
interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger
excuse; something serving to conceal plans; fictitious reason
unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
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restitution
 
 
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n.  E.g. He offered to make restitution for the window broken by his son.
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person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples
cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical
agitation; chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances
reparation; getting something back again; restoring something to its original state
sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
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stolid
 
 
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a.  E.g. The earthquake shattered Stuart's usual stolid demeanor; trembling, he crouched on the no longer stable ground.
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wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; able to be steered
extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
wildly disordered; excessive enthusiasm or excitement; insane
capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
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veracity
 
 
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n.  E.g. Asserting his veracity, young George Washington proclaimed, "Father, I cannot tell a lie!"
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sudden strong change or reaction in feeling, especially a feeling of violent disgust
lever used to turn a rudder and steer a boat; drawer in table, chest, or counter
state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension; involuntary trembling or quivering
truthfulness; unwillingness to tell lies
distance around something; circumference; size; bulk
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