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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annihilate
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. The enemy in its revenge tried to annihilate the entire population.
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disable or disqualify; deprive of capacity or natural power
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
make a pretence of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks
discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly
irritate; stir to anger; stir up liquid; muddy
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bluster
 
 
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v.  E.g. "Let the stormy winds bluster," cried Jack, "we'll set sail tonight anyway."
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blow in heavy gusts; speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner
leave to someone by a will; hand down
guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
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circuitous
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. To avoid the traffic congestion on the main highways, she took a circuitous route.
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untimely; poorly chosen; inconvenient; unseasonable; unsuitable
lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; unable to think in clear manner
being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct
calm; not easily disturbed; not easily excited to action or passion
arrogant; feeling or showing haughty disdain; overbearing
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ebb
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. Sitting on the beach, Mrs. Dalloway watched the tide ebb: the waters receded, drawing away from her as she sat there all alone.
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fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
disprove; prove to be false or incorrect
agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
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eon
 
 
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n.  E.g. It has taken an eon for our digital civilization to develop.
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mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
powerful and effective language; persuasive speech
indefinitely long period of time; age
concave cut into a surface or edge; small hollow or depression
any of various large, thick-skinned, hoofed mammals, as elephant
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horde
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. Before Christmas the store will treat a special horde of shoppers.
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natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile
omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event
person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
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incidental
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. The scholarship covered his major expenses at college and some of his incidental expenses as well.
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warm and extremely humid; moist; damp; moldy
reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
happening, as occasional event, without regularity; coming without design
having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
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officious
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Judy wanted to look over the new computer models on her own, but the officious salesman kept on butting in with "helpful" advice until she was ready to walk out of the store.
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with reference or regard; in respect
short-lived; enduring a very short time
cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others
bodily; of a material nature; tangible
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poseur
 
 
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n.  E.g. Some thought Salvador Dali was a brilliant painter; others dismissed him as a poseur.
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secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
physician specializing in delivery of babies
brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others
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quorum
 
 
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n.  E.g. The senator asked for a roll call to determine whether a quorum was present.
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number of members necessary to conduct a meeting; select group
surviving remnant; something left after loss or decay; object kept for its association with the past
omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event
sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
introductory statement; introductory paragraph or division of discourse or writing
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surpass
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. The price of silver will double before ending the year at around 20 USD an ounce and gold will again surpass the 1000 USD mark, finishing the year at 1150 USD.
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make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment
bring up out of earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge
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ubiquitous
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. That Christmas "The Little Drummer Boy" seemed ubiquitous; we heard the tune everywhere.
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easily approachable; warmly friendly
relating to essential nature of a thing; inherent; built-in
being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
very showy or ornamented, especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices
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