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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affirmation
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Despite Tom's affirmation of innocence, Aunt Polly still suspected he had eaten the pie.
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personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
grievous loss; particularly, the loss of a relative or friend by death
component or part; citizen, voter
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augury
 
 
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n.  E.g. He interpreted the departure of the birds as an augury of evil.
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overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
sign of something coming; art or practice of foretelling events by signs or omens
act of awaking from sleep; arousing from what is like sleep
moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
large volume; large and scholarly book
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cloister
 
 
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n.  E.g. The nuns lived a secluded life in the cloister.
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feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
heavy substance used to add stability or weight
tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion; secluded, quiet place
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diffuse
 
 
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v.  E.g. Hamilton wished to concentrate power; Jefferson to diffuse power.
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take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from
spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
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fodder
 
 
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n.  E.g. One of Nancy's chores at the ranch was to put fresh supplies of fodder in the horses' stalls.
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coarse food for cattle or horses
great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
deep opening in the earth surface
injury that doesn't break the skin
place or situation affording some advantage, especially good view
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harrowing
 
 
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a.  E.g. At first the former prisoner did not wish to discuss his harrowing months of captivity as a political hostage.
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unrefined; crude or indecent; of this world; worldly
agonizing; distressing extremely painful
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
relating to the sky or the heavens; supremely good; god or angel
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
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inveterate
 
 
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a.  E.g. An inveterate smoker, Bob cannot seem to break the habit, no matter how hard he tries.
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made liquid by heat; glowing red-hot; being in a state of fusion
outgoing and sociable; broad and extensive; able to increase in size
deep-rooted; firmly and long established; habitual
dull; lacking luster or shine
not essential; coming from outside
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oust
 
 
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v.  E.g. The world wondered if Aquino would be able to oust Marcos from office.
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twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
expel; eject from a position or place; force out
give up; do without; go or pass by without claiming
make whole; combine; make into one unit
make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in confused or aimless manner
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peripheral
 
 
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a.  E.g. We lived, not in central London, but in one of those peripheral suburbs that spring up on the outskirts of a great city.
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reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
partly transparent; transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen
massive; bulky; great in size
relating to marriage or wedding ceremony
located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary
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retrospective
 
 
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a.  E.g. The Museum of Graphic Arts is holding a retrospective showing of the paintings of Michael Whelan over the past two decades.
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acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits; superior
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taciturn
 
 
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a.  E.g. The stereotypical cowboy is a taciturn soul, answering lengthy questions with a "Yep" or "Nope.".
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somewhat less than needed in amplitude or extent; insufficient
likely to fail or be inaccurate
having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse
having many talents; capable of working in many fields
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zeal
 
 
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n.  E.g. Katya's zeal was contagious; soon all her fellow students were busily making posters, inspired by her ardent enthusiasm for the cause.
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scornful treatment; insulting speech or conduct
soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself
intense interest; eagerness to accomplish some object
noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
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