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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affable
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Accustomed to cold, aloof supervisors, Nicholas was amazed at how affable his new employer was.
Select answer:
excessively abundant or numerous; in widespread existence, practice, or use
worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
stubbornly unyielding; marked by sternness or harshness
easily approachable; warmly friendly
existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
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blithe
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. Shelley called the skylark a "blithe spirit" because of its happy song.
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dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt
given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
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contusion
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. After her fall, Sue was treated for a large contusion of left arm.
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grievous loss; particularly, the loss of a relative or friend by death
very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
injury that doesn't break the skin
error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object
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disingenuous
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. Now that we know the mayor and his wife are engaged in a bitter divorce fight, we find their earlier remarks regretting their lack of time together remarkably disingenuous.
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giving a false appearance of frankness; not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
narrow in outlook; related to local church community
outgoing and sociable; broad and extensive; able to increase in size
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
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florid
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. If you go to beach and get a sunburn, your complexion will look florid.
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reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind
inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
marked by disorder; untidy; having hair in loose disorder
throw into confusion; deeply involved especially in something complicated
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implicit
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Jack never told Jill he adored her; he believed his love was implicit in his actions.
Select answer:
implied or understood though not directly expressed
talkative; given to continual talking; chattering
very showy or ornamented, especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
incompatible; not able to be resolved
effectively concise; appearing as if wiped or rubbed, as smooth
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incipient
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. I will go to sleep early for I want to break an incipient cold.
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beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
happening, as occasional event, without regularity; coming without design
appetizing to taste or smell; salty or Non-Sweet; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable
able to be dissolved; able to be explained
excessively greedy; predatory; taking by force; plundering
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obese
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. It is advisable that obese people try to lose weight.
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good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
extremely fat; grossly overweight
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits
reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling
felt in one's inner organs; obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
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pious
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. The challenge for church people today is how to be pious in the best sense, that is, to be devout without becoming hypocritical.
Select answer:
extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to prior conditions
in a position that is turned toward one side; away from correct course
devout; religious; exhibiting strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
dark; dusky; naturally having skin of a dark color
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sardonic
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. The sardonic humor of nightclub comedians who satirize or ridicule patrons in the audience strikes some people as amusing and others as rude.
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disagreeing, especially with a majority; rebellious
not interested; indifferent; free of self-interest; impartial
unoriginal; derived from another source
existing only in imagination; feigned; not true or real
disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking
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shyster
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. He is horrified to learn that his newly-discovered half brother is nothing but a cheap shyster.
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lawyer using questionable methods; unethical lawyer or politician
large volume; large and scholarly book
particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
scornful treatment; insulting speech or conduct
vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art
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terse
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. There is a fine line between speech that is terse and to the point and speech that is too abrupt.
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not thorough, constant or consistent; by chance
effectively concise; appearing as if wiped or rubbed, as smooth
narrow in outlook; related to local church community
talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
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