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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affinity
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. She felt an affinity with all who suffered; their pains were her pains.
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small, smooth, flat surface, as on a bone or tooth; side; a smooth surface
patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; one who is morbidly anxious about his health, and generally depressed
natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
homeless person, especially orphaned child; abandoned young animal
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berate
 
 
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v.  E.g. He feared she would berate him for his forgetfulness.
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outsmart; trick; beat through cleverness and wit
mislead; delude; deceive by guile
rebuke or scold angrily and at length
represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe
blow in heavy gusts; speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner
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declivity
 
 
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n.  E.g. The children loved to ski down the declivity.
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deep gully; a dry gulch; brook or creek; watercourse
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
downward slope, as of a hill
figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis; overstatement
natural consequence or effect; result
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depict
 
 
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v.  E.g. Here, we can see how the author to depict Beatle John Lennon as a drug-crazed neurotic.
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close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe
discuss repeatedly; attack verbally; work hard upon
eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
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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
beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; process of receiving within
narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain
one opposed to force; antimilitarist
severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
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gaunt
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. His once round face looked surprisingly gaunt after he had lost weight.
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located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary
skillful in the use of the hands; having mental skill
very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
very small; tiny; lowercase letter
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integrate
 
 
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v.  E.g. She tried to integrate all their activities into one program.
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cut away; cut out; remove by or as if by cutting
condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
make whole; combine; make into one unit
annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
lay responsibility or blame for, often unjustly
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mote
 
 
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n.  E.g. The tiniest mote in the eye is very painful.
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something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
place of residence of a person or a family
ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
tiny piece of anything; very small particle
trick; any distracting or deceptive maneuver
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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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full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
narrow in outlook; related to local church community
obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
used for feeling; relating to sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
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savory
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. Julia Child's recipes enable amateur chefs to create savory delicacies for their guests.
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unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse
winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
excessively greedy; predatory; taking by force; plundering
appetizing to taste or smell; salty or Non-Sweet; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable
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stasis
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. The rusty, ivy covered Would War 2 tank had obviously been in stasis for years.
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condition of balance among various forces; inactivity resulting from static balance
beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; process of receiving within
crack or crevice; a split or indentation between two parts, as of the chin
cause of grief or distress; discomfort or pain
person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples
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vogue
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. Jeans became the vogue on many college campuses.
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popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
person without permanent home who moves from place to place; wanderer; tramp
direct ancestor; originator of a line of descent; originator or founder
rectangular frame attached working parts, as of automobile
chess move in which player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain advantageous position
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