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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agitate
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. Since President has now announced that Emergency, the only demand that the lawyers can now agitate is the restoration of the old Supreme Court.
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delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
stir up fire; feed plentifully; supply a furnace with fuel
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
stockpile; accumulate for future use
cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
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azure
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. Azure skies are indicative of good weather.
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inharmonious; impossible to coexist; not easy to combine harmoniously
dead; no longer in use or existence
complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
sky blue; light purplish-blue
looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
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clench
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. "Open wide," said the dentist, but Clint seemed to clench his teeth even more tightly than before.
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injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer
extinguish; put down forcibly; suppress; pacify or quiet
close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
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destitute
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. Because they had no health insurance, the father's costly illness left the family destitute.
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easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule; not according to rule; irregularly
improperly forward or bold; rude
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expansive
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. He was in an expansive humor, cheerfully urging his guests to join in the Christmas feast.
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admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous
standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
outgoing and sociable; broad and extensive; able to increase in size
inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
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heterogeneous
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. This year's entering class is a remarkably heterogeneous body: it includes students from forty different states and twenty-six foreign countries, some the children of billionaires, others the offspring of welfare families.
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turned or twisted toward one side; at an angle
not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
consisting of dissimilar elements or parts; completely different
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injurious
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Smoking cigarettes can be injurious to your health.
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wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty
moved by sexual love; loving
detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
hard to understand; known only in a particular group
harmful; tending to injure or impair; abusive; insulting
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mediate
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. King Solomon was asked to mediate a dispute between two women, each of whom claimed to be the mother of the same child.
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provide for or supply inadequately; deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material
treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
remove outer covering or skin of with knife or similar instrument
resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties
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pallid
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. Because his job required that he work at night and sleep during the day, he had an exceptionally pallid complexion.
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stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality
abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness
occurring or taking place in person's mind rather than external world; unreal
tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
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resolute
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. Louise was resolute: She would get into medical school no matter what.
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firm, unyielding, or determined; having decided purpose
lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; unable to think in clear manner
unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten; decayed
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somber
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. From the doctor's grim expression, I could tell he had somber news.
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crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
lacking proper seriousness; speaking freely; talkative; communicative
having no adverse effect; harmless
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tiller
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. Fearing the wind might shift suddenly and capsize the skiff, Tom kept one hand on the tiller at all times.
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good-fellowship; companionship; close friendship in friends or teammates
lever used to turn a rudder and steer a boat; drawer in table, chest, or counter
offensive or insulting treatment
metal striker that hangs inside bell and makes sound by hitting side; someone who applauds
measure or dimension from side to side; width; extent
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