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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arboretum
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. Walking along the tree-lined paths of the arboretum, Rita noted poplars, firs, and some particularly fine sycamores.
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number of members necessary to conduct a meeting; select group
place where different tree varieties are exhibited
positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
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brawn
 
 
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n.  E.g. People think in farming community you don't need a brain, only brawn.
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chess move in which player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain advantageous position
solid and well-developed muscles, especially of the arms and legs
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter
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cursory
 
 
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a.  E.g. Because a cursory examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson, we believe the insurance agency should undertake a more extensive investigation of the fire's cause.
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differing; tending to move apart in different directions
casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed
producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted
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disheveled
 
 
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a.  E.g. Your disheveled appearance will hurt your chances in this interview.
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beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
uncontrollably forceful or fast; done with head leading; headfirst
tireless; showing sustained enthusiastic action
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
marked by disorder; untidy; having hair in loose disorder
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eon
 
 
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n.  E.g. It has taken an eon for our digital civilization to develop.
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violation of law, command, or duty; exceeding of due bounds or limits
indefinitely long period of time; age
homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
severe pang of pain, as in childbirth; condition of agonizing struggle or trouble
surviving remnant; something left after loss or decay; object kept for its association with the past
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ideology
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. For people who had grown up believing in the communist ideology, it was hard to adjust to capitalism.
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opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces
study of origin and nature of ideas
slingshot; hurling machine; military machine for hurling missiles, used in ancient and medieval times
condition of balance among various forces; inactivity resulting from static balance
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linguistic
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. The modern tourist will encounter very little linguistic difficulty as English has become an almost universal language.
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restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
relating to language or linguistics; relating to study of language
over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
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minuscule
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Why should I involve myself with a project with so minuscule a chance for success?
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careful to fulfill obligations; expressing or filled with sense of obligation
speechless; without or deprived of the use of speech or words
precisely meaningful; forceful and brief
deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
very small; tiny; lowercase letter
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pithy
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. While other girls might have gone on and on about how un-cool Elton was, Liz summed it up in one pithy remark: "He's bogus!"
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struck by shock, terror, or amazement
elaborately or excessively ornamented
increasing by successive addition
precisely meaningful; forceful and brief
plowed but left unseeded during a growing season; uncultivated
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retroactive
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. Because the law was retroactive to the first of the year, we found she was eligible for the pension.
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having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; irregular, casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
impenetrable by light; not transparent; not reflecting light; having no luster
overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to prior conditions
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subsidy
 
 
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n.  E.g. Without this subsidy, American ship operators would not be able to compete in world markets.
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intensity of feeling; warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion
beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
direct financial aid by government
deep gully; a dry gulch; brook or creek; watercourse
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vantage
 
 
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n.  E.g. They fired upon the enemy from behind trees, walls and any other point of vantage they could find.
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place or situation affording some advantage, especially good view
wild and exciting undertaking; adventurous or unconventional act
one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing
surviving remnant; something left after loss or decay; object kept for its association with the past
sudden flood or strong outburst; sudden heavy fall of rain
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