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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abundant
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. At his immigration interview, Ivan listed his abundant reasons for coming to America: the hope of religious freedom and the prospect of employment.
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having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; irregular, casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
stormy; showing no mercy; physically severe
rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly
happening, as occasional event, without regularity; coming without design
plentiful; possessing riches or resources
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bullion
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. Much bullion is stored in the vaults at Fort Knox.
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one opposed to force; antimilitarist
calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
gold and silver in the form of bars
support; active pleading on behalf of something
anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance
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contrived
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. That kind of contrived writing is usually done when someone is weaseling or lying.
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full of rigors; harsh; rigidly accurate; precise
pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
artificially formal; obviously planned or calculated; not natural
occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
related to the topic being discussed or considered; appropriate or fitting; relevant
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descry
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. In the distance, we could barely descry the enemy vessels.
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pierce; kill by piercing with a spear or sharp
beat or pound with fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly
catch sight of; discover by careful observation or scrutiny
restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to former state of health or good repute
lose animation; be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor
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florid
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. If you go to beach and get a sunburn, your complexion will look florid.
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reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented
exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent
having many talents; capable of working in many fields
fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
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garrulous
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. My Uncle Henry can outtalk any three people I know. He is the most garrulous person in Cayuga County.
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arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive; hateful
uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
false; tending to mislead; deceptive
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
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infraction
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. When Dennis Rodman butted heads with that referee, he committed a clear infraction of NBA rules.
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tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
violation of rule or regulation; breach; minor offence or petty crime
expression of warm approval; praise
introduction, usually to a poem or play
supplement or appendix, especially to a will
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loom
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. The shadow of the gallows would loom threateningly above the small boy.
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belittle; speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank
speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
speak indistinctly; pass over carelessly or with little notice
appear or take shape, usually in enlarged or distorted form
arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
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pachyderm
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. The elephant is probably the best-known pachyderm.
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state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
act of supposing; something supposed; assumption
any of various large, thick-skinned, hoofed mammals, as elephant
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
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pseudonym
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Samuel Clemens' pseudonym was Mark Twain.
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pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
rapid growth; spread; increase in size by reproduction
breakdown or decay of organic materials; act or result of decomposing
greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth
general sense of depression or unease; vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at beginning of illness
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skeptic
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. I am a skeptic about the new health plan; I want some proof that it can work.
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agitation; chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances
doubter; person who suspends judgment until evidence has been examined
act of awaking from sleep; arousing from what is like sleep
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
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turncoat
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. The British considered Benedict Arnold a loyalist; the Americans considered him a turncoat.
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piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film
act of awaking from sleep; arousing from what is like sleep
practice of ending life of hopelessly ill individuals; assisted suicide
process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay
traitor; one who turns against previous affiliation or allegiance
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