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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ascetic
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. The wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, ascetic life led by members of some monastic orders.
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influential in original way; providing basis for further development; creative
familiar, as by study or experience; able to converse knowledgeably
leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere
sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
warm and extremely humid; moist; damp; moldy
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belie
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. His coarse, hard-bitten exterior does belie his inner sensitivity.
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warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion
contradict; give a false impression
speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe
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contiguous
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. The two houses had contiguous yards so the families shared the landscaping expenses.
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turned or twisted toward one side; at an angle
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
in disrepair, run down; of very poor quality or condition
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emulate
 
 
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v.  E.g. In a brief essay, describe a person you admire, someone whose virtues you would like to emulate.
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be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
restore to good condition; renew
drive or force onward; drive forward; urge to action through moral pressure
make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate
stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly
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fop
 
 
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n.  E.g. She came to life in London as a real person, not just a fop to make sport of.
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large tent, often with open sides, used chiefly for outdoor entertainment; roof like structure
vain man; one who want to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly
firmness of hold or of purpose; persistence
account or history of descent of person or family from ancestor; lineage
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imperious
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Jane rather liked a man to be masterful, but Mr. Rochester seemed so bent on getting his own way that he was actually imperious!
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fit for growing crops, as by plowing
looking within oneself; thoughtful about oneself; studying or exhibiting one's own internal state
gray or white with or as if with age; covered with grayish hair
rash; marked by unthinking boldness
urgent or pressing; able to deal authoritatively; dictatorial
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innovative
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Without a modern, robust copyright regime, companies are unwilling to invest in innovative new digital services in this country.
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short-lived; enduring a very short time
healthily plump and ample of figure; full-bosomed; vigorous; jolly
sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind
marked by or given to innovations; introducing a change
exactly and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
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lull
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. Not wanting to get wet, they waited under the cover for a lull in the rain.
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moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
vain man; one who want to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
excessive pride or self-confidence
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pigment
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. Van Gogh mixed more than one pigment with linseed oil to create his paints.
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soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself
standstill resulting from opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
rate of occurrence; particular occurrence
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
concave cut into a surface or edge; small hollow or depression
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retrograde
 
 
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v.  E.g. Instead of advancing, our civilization seems to retrograde in ethics and culture.
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discuss repeatedly; attack verbally; work hard upon
go backwards; decline to inferior state; degenerate
inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
look at amorously; cast glances as in fondness or to attract notice
cut or clip hair; strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
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serendipity
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. Many scientific discoveries are a matter of serendipity.
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lack of caring; indifference
abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces
formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck
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verbatim
 
 
(12)
ad.  E.g. He repeated her remarks verbatim in these months; when do we hear some new idea?
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being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word
lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby; old-fashioned
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