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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admonish
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. I would again admonish the reader carefully to consider the nature of our doctrine.
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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
imprison; put into jail; shut up or enclose
foretell or predict; indicate or warn of in advance
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
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austere
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. The headmaster's austere demeanor tended to scare off the more timid students, who never visited his study willingly.
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strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
healthily plump and ample of figure; full-bosomed; vigorous; jolly
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous
decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten; decayed
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compunction
 
 
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n.  E.g. The judge was especially severe in his sentencing because he felt that the criminal had shown no compunction for his heinous crime.
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person with insane desire to set things on fire
rushing stream; flood; heavy downpour
particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable
greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth
feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
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ebb
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. Sitting on the beach, Mrs. Dalloway watched the tide ebb: the waters receded, drawing away from her as she sat there all alone.
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resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties
prevent by taking action in advance
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
fall away or back; decline or recede; fall back from the flood stage
turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge
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fanfare
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. The exposition was opened with a fanfare of trumpets and the firing of cannon.
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loud flourish of brass instruments, especially trumpets; spectacular public display
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
wild and exciting undertaking; adventurous or unconventional act
violation of law, command, or duty; exceeding of due bounds or limits
pretense; something intended to misrepresent
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gruel
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. Our daily allotment of gruel made the meal not only monotonous but also unpalatable.
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sudden flood or strong outburst; sudden heavy fall of rain
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
mental disorder marked by confusion
liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
improper act; improper or unacceptable usage in speech or writing
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infuriate
 
 
(7)
v.  E.g. Her big brother's teasing used to infuriate Margaret; no matter how hard she tried to keep her temper, he always got her goat.
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free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner
pass gradually or leak through, as if through small openings
differ in opinion or feeling; withhold assent or approval
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outlandish
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The eccentric professor who engages in markedly outlandish behavior is a stock figure in novels with an academic setting.
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unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten; decayed
pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent
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pandemonium
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. When the ships collided in the harbor, pandemonium broke out among the passengers.
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good-fellowship; companionship; close friendship in friends or teammates
questioner, especially who is excessively rigorous or harsh; investigator
state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
natural consequence or effect; result
highly skilled artist, as musician; one who is dazzlingly skilled in his field
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reticence
 
 
(10)
n.  E.g. Fearing his competitors might get advance word about his plans from talkative staff members, Hughes preferred reticence from his employees to loquacity.
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reserve; state or quality of being reluctant; unwillingness
large tent, often with open sides, used chiefly for outdoor entertainment; roof like structure
remainder; small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
person with prejudiced belief in superiority of own kind
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serpentine
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. The car swerved at every curve in the serpentine road.
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full of rigors; harsh; rigidly accurate; precise
earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
winding; twisting; curving in alternate directions; having the shape or form of a snake
morally or legally constraining; required; binding
free of guilt; not subject to blame; completely acceptable
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tumult
 
 
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n.  E.g. She could not make herself heard over the tumult of the mob.
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concave cut into a surface or edge; small hollow or depression
tiny piece of anything; very small particle
swiftness of action or motion; speed
noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
bravery; force; power to attack or to resist attack
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