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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assail
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. These days nightmares assail him regularly.
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dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
become quiet or less intensive
assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
surround with armed forces; harass with requests
scold harshly; criticize severely
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berate
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. He feared she would berate him for his forgetfulness.
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scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
lose animation; be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
rebuke or scold angrily and at length
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cursory
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. Because a cursory examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson, we believe the insurance agency should undertake a more extensive investigation of the fire's cause.
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arrogant; feeling or showing haughty disdain; overbearing
having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed
easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
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disinterested
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. Given the judge's political ambitions and the lawyers' financial interest in the case, the only disinterested person in the courtroom may have been the court reporter.
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located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary
scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
not interested; indifferent; free of self-interest; impartial
opposition to progress or liberalism; extremely conservative
giving pleasure or satisfaction of the senses; having strong sexual appeal
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facsimile
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. He found the museum was selling a facsimile of the works of art on display.
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one opposed to force; antimilitarist
secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface
something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
exact copy or reproduction, as of a document; fax
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hypochondriac
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. The doctor prescribed chocolate pills for his patient who was a hypochondriac.
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filthy and wretched condition or quality; dirty or neglected state
blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes
patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; one who is morbidly anxious about his health, and generally depressed
complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned
mental disorder marked by confusion
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kindle
 
 
(7)
v.  E.g. One of the first things Ben learned in the Boy Scouts was how to kindle a fire by rubbing two dry sticks together.
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approve formally; confirm; verify
build or fuel a fire; cause to glow; light up; inspire
catch sight of; discover by careful observation or scrutiny
agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
lay responsibility or blame for, often unjustly
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nuptial
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Reluctant to be married in a traditional setting, they decided to hold their nuptial ceremony at the carousel in Golden Gate Park.
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having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
overly simple; simplifying something so that its complexity is lost or important details are overlooked
hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion
indicated or understood without expressed directly; not speaking; silent
relating to marriage or wedding ceremony
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precipitous
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. This hill is difficult to climb because it is so precipitous.
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requiring sitting; accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise; living in one area, not migratory
full of rigors; harsh; rigidly accurate; precise
essential; not imaginary; actual or real
extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward
consisting of dissimilar elements or parts; completely different
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retrospective
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. The Museum of Graphic Arts is holding a retrospective showing of the paintings of Michael Whelan over the past two decades.
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looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
giving pleasure or satisfaction of the senses; having strong sexual appeal
occurring or taking place in person's mind rather than external world; unreal
wildly disordered; excessive enthusiasm or excitement; insane
invulnerable; able to withstand attack
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supersede
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. The new bulk mailing postal regulation will supersede the old one. If you continue to follow the old regulation, your bulk mailing will be returned to you.
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disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; make a false show of
give authorization or approval to something; penalize a state, especially for violating international law
build or fuel a fire; cause to glow; light up; inspire
be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
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timidity
 
 
(12)
n.  E.g. If you are to succeed as a salesman, you must first lose your timidity and fear of failure.
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group of closely located islands
lack of self-confidence or courage
yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
conventions; moral standards; accepted traditional customs
state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
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