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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appellation
 
 
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n.  E.g. Macbeth was startled when the witches greeted him with an incorrect appellation. Why did they call him Thane of Cawdor, he wondered, when the holder of that title still lived?.
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bringing or coming to end; ceasing
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
lack of seriousness; lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy
hard monotonous routine work
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bereavement
 
 
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n.  E.g. His friends gathered to console him upon his sudden bereavement.
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highly skilled artist, as musician; one who is dazzlingly skilled in his field
scornful treatment; insulting speech or conduct
grievous loss; particularly, the loss of a relative or friend by death
person dissatisfied with current conditions; discontented person
decree ,especially issued by a sovereign; official command
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cession
 
 
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n.  E.g. The cession of Alaska to the United States is discussed in this chapter.
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extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency
yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation
person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples
religious devotion and reverence to God; devout act, thought, or statement; godliness
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discord
 
 
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n.  E.g. Watching Tweedledum battle Tweedledee, Alice wondered what had caused this pointless discord.
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female sheep, especially when full grown
conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
picture design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into surface
religious devotion and reverence to God; devout act, thought, or statement; godliness
everyday speech of people, as distinguished from literary language; natural style; standard native language of a country or locality
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fetter
 
 
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v.  E.g. They fetter the prisoner to the wall.
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increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time
restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper
stand idly about; linger aimlessly; proceed slowly or with many stops
be responsible for; commit; do execute or perform, generally in bad sense
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hermitage
 
 
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n.  E.g. Even in his remote hermitage he could not escape completely from the world.
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very small portion or allowance assigned, whether of food or money
substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
lack of seriousness; lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate
place where one can live in seclusion; home of one isolated from society for religious reasons
poet, especially lyric poet
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indomitable
 
 
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a.  E.g. Focusing on her game despite all her personal problems, tennis champion Steffi Graf proved she had an indomitable will to win.
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unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative
agonizing; distressing extremely painful
rash; marked by unthinking boldness
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lofty
 
 
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a.  E.g. Though Barbara Jordan's fellow students used to tease her about her lofty ambitions, she rose to hold one of the highest positions in the land.
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careful to fulfill obligations; expressing or filled with sense of obligation
high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism
animated; lively; vigorous and active
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
relating to, or contributing to sense of smell
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precipitate
 
 
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a.  E.g. Though I was angry enough to resign on the spot, I had enough sense to keep myself from quitting a job in such a precipitate fashion.
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rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly
full of initiative; marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
very small; tiny; lowercase letter
avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
talkative; given to continual talking; chattering
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renown
 
 
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n.  E.g. For many years an unheralded researcher, Barbara McClintock gained international renown when she won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.
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place where things may be put for safekeeping, as storehouse, warehouse, museum, or tomb
act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger
fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
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synthesis
 
 
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n.  E.g. Now that we have succeeded in isolating this drug, our next problem is to plan its synthesis in the laboratory.
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combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe
departure of a large number of people
lever used to turn a rudder and steer a boat; drawer in table, chest, or counter
study of insects; branch of zoology which treats of insects
convenient features; courtesies
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trepidation
 
 
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n.  E.g. As she entered the office of the dean of admissions, Sharon felt some trepidation about how she would do in her interview.
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cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical
one that serves as a pattern or model; system of assumptions, concepts, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
limited quantity; small or moderate amount; any small thing
account or history of descent of person or family from ancestor; lineage
state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension; involuntary trembling or quivering
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