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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assail
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. These days nightmares assail him regularly.
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give a bodily form to; represent in bodily or material form; incorporate
rob; strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask unreasonable price
include; consist of; be composed of
build or fuel a fire; cause to glow; light up; inspire
assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
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caption
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. We got an caption error in The Far Side cartoons shown yesterday.
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act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
sign of something coming; art or practice of foretelling events by signs or omens
masses of leaves; a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
title; chapter heading; text under illustration
group of closely located islands
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correlation
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. He sought to determine the correlation that existed between ability in algebra and ability to interpret reading exercises.
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annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
mutual relationship; interdependence or interconnection relationship
extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness
expression of warm approval; praise
one who spoils pleasure or fun of others; spoilsport
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effigy
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. The mob showed its irritation by hanging the judge in effigy.
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crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group; likeness or image, especially of a person
improper act; improper or unacceptable usage in speech or writing
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
direct, quick route; direct, straight course
reserve; state or quality of being reluctant; unwillingness
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felicitous
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. He was famous for his felicitous remarks and was called upon to serve as master-of-ceremonies at many a banquet.
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containing or derived from error; mistaken
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous
uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
wildly disordered; excessive enthusiasm or excitement; insane
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forsake
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. No one expected Foster to forsake his wife and children and run off with another woman.
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leave someone who needs or counts on you
punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke
make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
include; consist of; be composed of
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incapacitate
 
 
(7)
v.  E.g. During the winter, respiratory ailments incapacitate many people.
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disable or disqualify; deprive of capacity or natural power
dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
raise in rank or dignity; praise
cut or clip hair; strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
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luxuriant
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Lady Godiva was completely covered by her luxuriant hair.
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lacking caution; injudicious; not attentive to consequence
abundant; rich and splendid; fertile
lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices
differing; tending to move apart in different directions
below threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response
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parochial
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. Although Jane Austen sets her novels in small rural communities, her concerns are universal, not parochial,.
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in disrepair, run down; of very poor quality or condition
narrow in outlook; related to local church community
extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward
eating or feeding on flesh; predatory
lacking proper seriousness; speaking freely; talkative; communicative
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retentive
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. The pupil did not need to spend much time studying, for he had a retentive mind and remembered all he read.
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difficult or impossible to understand; difficult or impossible to measure
suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest
holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
harmful to living things; injurious to health
being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
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tantamount
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Though Rudy claimed his wife was off visiting friends, his shriek of horror when she walked into the room was tantamount to a confession that he believed she was dead.
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wholly absorbing one's attention
pertaining to science of the function of living organisms
brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
equivalent in effect or value
good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
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vapid
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. "Boring!" said Jessica, as she suffered through yet another vapid lecture about Dead White Male Poets.
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marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
differing; tending to move apart in different directions
dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor
occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
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