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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abhor
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. One of the things I abhor is the threat to withhold aid.
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make something last; preserve from extinction
fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat; fold over or bend back
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assuage
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. Jilted by Jane, Dick tried to assuage his heartache by indulging in ice cream.
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be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
make amends or pay the penalty for; relieve or cleanse of guilt
support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
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corporeal
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. The doctor had no patience with spiritual matters: his job was to attend to his patients' corporeal problems, not to minister to their souls.
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full of initiative; marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
bodily; of a material nature; tangible
not thorough, constant or consistent; by chance
consisting of, relating to, or being in water
skillful in the use of the hands; having mental skill
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dupe
 
 
(4)
n.  E.g. While the gullible Watson often was made a dupe by unscrupulous parties, Sherlock Holmes was far more difficult to fool.
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ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile
large volume; large and scholarly book
easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
shine, polish or sparkle; soft reflected light
remainder; small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
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espouse
 
 
(5)
v.  E.g. She was always ready to espouse a worthy cause.
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take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
rid or deprive of inhabitants; lay waste; devastate
rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
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fresco
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. The cathedral is visited by many tourists who wish to admire the fresco by Giotto.
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trick; any distracting or deceptive maneuver
place where one can live in seclusion; home of one isolated from society for religious reasons
cool, refreshing state of air; art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries
excessive pride or self-confidence
act of throwing or shooting out; darting or casting forth; uttering of exclamations, or of brief exclamatory phrases
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jovial
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. A frown seemed out of place on his invariably jovial face.
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wildly disordered; excessive enthusiasm or excitement; insane
rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly
lacking caution; injudicious; not attentive to consequence
good-natured; marked by good cheer; cheerful and good-humored
eating away by chemicals or disease
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muggy
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The air is slightly muggy from the thunderstorm that passed over at lunch, dark and loud without shedding a drop.
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warm and extremely humid; moist; damp; moldy
acting as substitute; done by deputy; experienced at secondhand
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
caused by earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
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proclivity
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. Watching the two-year-old boy voluntarily put away his toys, I was amazed by his proclivity for neatness.
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one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man
major city, especially chief city of country or region
inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning
state of alarm or dread; nervous apprehension; involuntary trembling or quivering
departure of a large number of people
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repudiate
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. On separating from Tony, Tina announced that she would repudiate all debts incurred by her soon-to-be ex-husband.
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cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
imply or require; cause to ensue or accrue; cut or carve in ornamental way
go through or across, often under difficult conditions
be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
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sparse
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. No matter how carefully Albert combed his hair to make it look as full as possible, it still looked sparse.
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arrogant; feeling or showing haughty disdain; overbearing
avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
weakened, worn out, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use
full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
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ventriloquist
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. This ventriloquist does an act in which she has a conversation with a wooden dummy.
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reservoir or water tank; vessel to hold water for household uses
one who can make his voice seem to come from another person or thing
chronological record of the events of successive years
school, especially a theological school for training of priests, ministers, or rabbis; school of higher education, especially for girls
hastily put together defensive barrier; obstacle
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