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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acclaim
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. The NBC sportscasters acclaim every American victory in the Olympics and decried every American defeat.
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pierce; kill by piercing with a spear or sharp
behave arrogantly or pompously; walk with swaying motion
applaud; announce with great approval
take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
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bandy
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. While the president was happy to bandy patriotic generalizations with anyone who would listen to him, he refused to exchange words with unfriendly reporters at the press conference.
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show or demonstrate clearly; overcome; conquer
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly
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collaborate
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. The easy way to collaborate is to pay attention to the small things in life.
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deduce; conclude from evidence or premises; lead to as a consequence or conclusion
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
fall from clouds; hurl or throw violently; fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
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dissent
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. In the future Supreme Court decision, Justice O'Connor will dissent from the majority opinion.
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differ in opinion or feeling; withhold assent or approval
kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
make whole; combine; make into one unit
cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach
make something last; preserve from extinction
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exacting
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Cleaning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was an exacting task, one that demanded extremely meticulous care on the part of the restorers.
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making severe demands; rigorous; requiring great care, effort, or attention
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
easily approachable; warmly friendly
forceful; intensely emotional; inclined to react violently
abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
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forlorn
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Deserted by her big sisters and her friends, the forlorn child sat sadly on the steps awaiting their return.
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sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind
surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits; superior
wholly absorbing one's attention
used for feeling; relating to sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
one who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
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intrinsic
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Although my grandmother's china has little intrinsic value, I shall always cherish it for the memories it evokes.
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unaware, without noticing; unmindful or thoughtless
short-lived; enduring a very short time
tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
relating to essential nature of a thing; inherent; built-in
periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
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madrigal
 
 
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n.  E.g. His program of folk songs included a famous madrigal which he sang to the accompaniment of a lute.
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song for two or three unaccompanied voices; short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music
extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency
overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference
person who loves mankind in general; very generous person or institution
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parity
 
 
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n.  E.g. Unfortunately, some doubt exists whether women's salaries will ever achieve parity with men's.
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misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by public official
one opposed to force; antimilitarist
female sheep, especially when full grown
indefinitely long period of time; age
equality in status or amount; similarity or close
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requisite
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Many colleges state that a student must offer three years of a language as a requisite for admission.
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error in naming person or place; incorrect designation
one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing
necessary requirement; indispensable item
gold and silver in the form of bars
systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject
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surmount
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. Could Helen Keller, blind and deaf since childhood, surmount her physical disabilities and lead a productive life?
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leave someone who needs or counts on you
overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse
include; consist of; be composed of
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viscous
 
 
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a.  E.g. Melted tar is a viscous substance.
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untimely; poorly chosen; inappropriate or ill-timed
totally in love; marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness
tending to call up emotions, memories
obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
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