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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abut
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. Where our estates abut, we must build a fence.
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charge; accuse formally of a crime
border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
imply or require; cause to ensue or accrue; cut or carve in ornamental way
restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to former state of health or good repute
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celerity
 
 
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n.  E.g. Hamlet resented his mother's celerity in remarrying within a month after his father's death.
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lever used to turn a rudder and steer a boat; drawer in table, chest, or counter
moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
socially awkward or tactless act; foolish error, especially one made in public
combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe
swiftness of action or motion; speed
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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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artificially formal; obviously planned or calculated; not natural
good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
devout; religious; exhibiting strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality
flowing, as writing letters joined one to another without raising pen; running
lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
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dregs
 
 
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n.  E.g. David poured the wine carefully to avoid stirring up the dregs.
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sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
sediment settled at bottom of liquid; waste or worthless matter
lack of self-confidence or courage
reservoir or water tank; vessel to hold water for household uses
ceremonial procession or display; succession or series
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fodder
 
 
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n.  E.g. One of Nancy's chores at the ranch was to put fresh supplies of fodder in the horses' stalls.
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coarse food for cattle or horses
offensive or insulting treatment
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
measure or dimension from side to side; width; extent
serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
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grimace
 
 
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n.  E.g. Even though he remained silent, his grimace indicated his displeasure.
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great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
huge creature; something enormous in size or power
inscription on tombstone in memory
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jaunty
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. In An American in Paris, Gene Kelly sang and danced his way through "Singing in the Rain" in a properly jaunty style.
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set apart; isolated in restricted sense, so remote from other bodies
tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply
gay in manner, appearance, or action; easy and carefree
awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
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misconception
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. Sir, you are suffering from a misconception.
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mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
lever used to turn a rudder and steer a boat; drawer in table, chest, or counter
large tent, often with open sides, used chiefly for outdoor entertainment; roof like structure
error in naming person or place; name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object
exact copy or reproduction, as of a document; fax
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pillage
 
 
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v.  E.g. The enemy planned to pillage the quiet village and leave it in ruins.
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put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources
persuade not to do; discourage
rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder; take as spoils
bring up out of earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
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ratify
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. Party leaders doubted that they had enough votes in both houses of Congress to ratify the constitutional amendment.
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pay costs of; undertake payment of; make compensation to or for
approve formally; confirm; verify
rob; strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask unreasonable price
make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
disturb composure of; dismay; ruffle
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shackle
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. Police had to shackle the criminal's ankles to prevent his escape.
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soil, smear so as to make dirty or stained
gradually deprive infants of mother's milk; detach affections of
condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner
guarantee as safe; secure; promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor; permit
chain; fetter; restraint that confines or restricts freedom
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voluptuous
 
 
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a.  E.g. The nobility during the Renaissance led voluptuous lives.
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tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
set apart; isolated in restricted sense, so remote from other bodies
giving pleasure or satisfaction of the senses; having strong sexual appeal
still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct
urgent or pressing; able to deal authoritatively; dictatorial
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