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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aloft
 
 
(1)
ad.  E.g. It tried to remain aloft, but its flying grew wild and reckless.
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with reference or regard; in respect
in or into a high place; high or higher up
lazy; slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive
untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious
reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
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axiom
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. Before a student can begin to think along the lines of Euclidean geometry, he must accept certain principle or axiom.
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science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
questioner, especially who is excessively rigorous or harsh; investigator
self-evident truth requiring no proof
opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
mass for dead; song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as memorial
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conversant
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. The lawyer is conversant with all the evidence.
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familiar, as by study or experience; able to converse knowledgeably
indisputable; not open to question
very liberal in giving; showing great generosity
false; tending to mislead; deceptive
deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule
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devout
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. Where he is described as a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave charity to the people, and prayed continually to God.
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expressing devotion or piety; earnest in religious field
below threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response
pulled or drawn tight; kept in trim shape; neat and tidy
unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
equivalent in effect or value
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exhaustive
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. We have made an exhaustive study of all published materials and are happy to share our research with you.
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by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually
tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
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gainsay
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. She was too honest to gainsay the truth of the report.
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be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
cut into small parts; withdraw or exclude from membership, as of a society or body
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
offer illicit sex with third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations
border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
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inert
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Potential intelligence, like potential, can remain inert forever.
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having cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character; overly sweet
unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
implied or understood though not directly expressed
inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
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mettle
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. When challenged by the other horses in the race, the thoroughbred proved its mettle by its determination to hold the lead.
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doctor who specializes in diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments
supplement or appendix, especially to a will
quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character
skilled public speaker; person who pronounces discourse publicly on some special occasion, as pleader or lawyer
state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
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preclude
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. The fact that the band was already booked to play in Hollywood on New Year's Eve would preclude their accepting the New Year's Eve gig in London.
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throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate
make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
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quiver
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. The bird dog's nose twitches and his whiskers quiver as he strain eagerly against the leash.
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put out a fire; extinguish; put an end to; destroy
assent; agree without protesting
chain; fetter; restraint that confines or restricts freedom
soil, smear so as to make dirty or stained
shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
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tenacity
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. Jean Valjean could not believe the tenacity of Inspector Javert.
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firmness of hold or of purpose; persistence
large volume; large and scholarly book
place where things may be put for safekeeping, as storehouse, warehouse, museum, or tomb
double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith.
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
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unimpeachable
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Her conduct in office was unimpeachable and her record is spotless.
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joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
having or producing full, loud, or deep sound; impressive in style of speech; easy to feel
free of guilt; not subject to blame; completely acceptable
impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
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