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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abstruse
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. She carries around abstruse works of philosophy, not because she understands them but because she wants her friends to think she does.
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being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
young and inexperienced; having just acquired its flight feathers
obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
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celestial
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. She spoke of the celestial joys that awaited virtuous souls in the hereafter.
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deserving of praise; worthy of high praise
relating to the sky or the heavens; supremely good; god or angel
able to see differences; showing careful judgment or fine taste
suffering from indigestion; appearing as if affected by disorder; sickly
displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
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conflagration
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. After the conflagration had finally died down, the city center was nothing but a mass of blackened embers.
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large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
very small; tiny; lowercase letter
not essential; coming from outside
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
composed of elements from a variety of sources
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devise
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. How clever he must be to devise such a devious plan!.
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declare to be true; affirm
deceive mind or judgment of; lead from truth or into error; frustrate or disappoint
interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will
lose animation; be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor
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extraneous
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. No wonder Ted can't think straight! His mind is so cluttered up with extraneous trivia, he can't concentrate on the essentials.
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arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive; hateful
lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
not essential; coming from outside
comical because of strangeness; ludicrously comical; clownish; bizarre
artificially formal; obviously planned or calculated; not natural
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furtive
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Noticing the furtive glance that the customer gave the diamond, the jeweler wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter on his hands.
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yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply
relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
making or willing to yield, or to make concessions
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incendiary
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. The fire spread in such an unusual manner that the fire department chiefs were certain that it had been set by an incendiary.
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calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
arsonist; bomb that is designed to start fires
uniformity or lack of variation; continual increase, or continual decrease; tedium as a result of repetition
fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
introduction, usually to a poem or play
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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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make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in confused or aimless manner
state without proof; assert to be true
be responsible for; commit; do execute or perform, generally in bad sense
go backwards; decline to inferior state; degenerate
bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
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paraphernalia
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. His desk was cluttered with paper, pen, ink, dictionary and other paraphernalia of the writing craft.
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personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject
lack of self-confidence or courage
school, especially a theological school for training of priests, ministers, or rabbis; school of higher education, especially for girls
mental keenness; quickness of perception
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requisite
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Many colleges state that a student must offer three years of a language as a requisite for admission.
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heavy substance used to add stability or weight
necessary requirement; indispensable item
act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
downward slope, as of a hill
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sleight
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. The magician amazed the audience with his sleight of hand.
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skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity
one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing
direct financial aid by government
dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
weapon that is thrown or projected; self-propelled missile, such as rocket; fired, thrown, or otherwise propelled object, such as bullet
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unassuming
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. He is so unassuming that some people fail to realize how great a man he really is.
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modest; not bold or forward; not arrogant
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
devout; religious; exhibiting strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
insignificant; lacking importance; not following from premises or evidence; illogical
not interested; indifferent; free of self-interest; impartial
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