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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accrue
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. The Premier League awards three points for a win and one for a draw, so in a 38-game season the maximum a team can accrue is 114 points.
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increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time
force to leave; remove from office
cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
restore to good condition; renew
shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
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bulwark
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The navy is our principal bulwark against invasion.
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annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
edge, especially of a round surface; surface of a solid; circumference
slingshot; hurling machine; military machine for hurling missiles, used in ancient and medieval times
observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation
earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
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comparable
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. People whose jobs are comparable in difficulty should receive similar pay.
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full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
conquered; overpowered; becoming quieter; not glaring in color; soft in tone
similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion
extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward
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elude
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. The logic of the concluding paragraph seems to elude me.
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wear away or irritate by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; annoy; vex
settle accounts to pay them off; clear up
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
avoid cleverly; escape perception of
complain or grumble; seek or shoot grouse
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feckless
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Anja took on the responsibility of caring for her aged mother, realizing that her feckless sister was not up to the task.
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indecent; obscene; humorously coarse
without skill, ineffective; worthless; lacking purpose
in name only; insignificantly small
large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
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foresight
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. A wise investor, she had the foresight to buy land just before the current real estate boom.
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rule or principle prescribing particular action or conduct; authorized direction or order
ability to foresee future happenings
word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
grievous loss; particularly, the loss of a relative or friend by death
sediment settled at bottom of liquid; waste or worthless matter
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insulated
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. That basic research and advanced technology budgets are not insulated from the big NASA projects.
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demanding much work or care; tedious
unable to be disproved; incontrovertible; undeniable
silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse
set apart; isolated in restricted sense, so remote from other bodies
being beyond what is required or sufficient
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mirth
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. Our mirth is then indeed an ornament to us when we serve God and honor him with it.
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skilled public speaker; person who pronounces discourse publicly on some special occasion, as pleader or lawyer
gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
large tent, often with open sides, used chiefly for outdoor entertainment; roof like structure
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pinnacle
 
 
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n.  E.g. We could see the morning sunlight illuminate the pinnacle while the rest of the mountain lay in shadow.
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bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization
departure of a large number of people
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
fortress; projecting part of fortification; well-fortified position
interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger
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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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lazy; slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive
tending to call up emotions, memories
suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest
being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
appetizing to taste or smell; salty or Non-Sweet; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable
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swagger
 
 
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v.  E.g. The conquering hero didn't simply stride down the street; he used to swagger.
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cause to sink or become stuck in; hinder, entrap, or entangle
behave arrogantly or pompously; walk with swaying motion
plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
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transitory
 
 
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a.  E.g. Fame is transitory: today's rising star is all too soon tomorrow's washed-up has-been.
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existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
trivial; of slight worth or importance; frivolous or idle
forceful; intensely emotional; inclined to react violently
having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; irregular, casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
suffering from indigestion; appearing as if affected by disorder; sickly
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