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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amphibian
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Frogs are classified as amphibian.
Select answer:
without skill, ineffective; worthless; lacking purpose
able to live both on land and in water
bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad
difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
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atrocity
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. Unfortunately, the normal social reaction to atrocity is to banish it from our awareness.
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large group of people gathered or crowded closely together
abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces
brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
substance believed to cure all ills
excess; over-fullness in any respect; superabundance
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countenance
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. He refused to countenance such rude behavior on their part.
Select answer:
reduce or eliminate gradually, with knife; cut small bits off
give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
cut away; cut out; remove by or as if by cutting
draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer
be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
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dissipate
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. He is a fine artist, but I fear he may dissipate his gifts if he keeps wasting his time playing games.
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introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
become quiet or less intensive
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing
scold harshly; criticize severely
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feckless
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Anja took on the responsibility of caring for her aged mother, realizing that her feckless sister was not up to the task.
Select answer:
marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
without skill, ineffective; worthless; lacking purpose
winding; twisting; curving in alternate directions; having the shape or form of a snake
rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly
increasing by successive addition
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hilarity
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. This hilarity is improper on this solemn day of mourning.
Select answer:
breakdown or decay of organic materials; act or result of decomposing
great enjoyable or amusing activity
filthy and wretched condition or quality; dirty or neglected state
standstill resulting from opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
small house or cottage usually having a single story and attic
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inception
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. She was involved with the project from its inception.
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tender affection; love; act of showing affection
effort; expenditure of much physical work
beginning of something; taking in, as by swallowing; process of receiving within
person without permanent home who moves from place to place; wanderer; tramp
flowing into; mass arrival or incoming
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lurk
 
 
(8)
v.  E.g. Who knows what evil can lurk in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows.
Select answer:
turn aside, especially from main subject in writing or speaking
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
approach; tend to meet; come together
incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
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pragmatist
 
 
(9)
n.  E.g. No pragmatist enjoys becoming involved in a game he can never win.
Select answer:
sudden flood or strong outburst; sudden heavy fall of rain
who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who acts in a practical or straightforward manner
devaluation; decrease in price or value
misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by public official
brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness
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ratify
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. Party leaders doubted that they had enough votes in both houses of Congress to ratify the constitutional amendment.
Select answer:
make less severe or harsh; moderate
condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
produce; give rise to
proceed slowly; waste time
approve formally; confirm; verify
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skulk
 
 
(11)
v.  E.g. He used to skulk through the less fashionable sections of the city in order to avoid meeting any of his former friends.
Select answer:
fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
avoid cleverly; escape perception of
interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
move furtively and secretly; hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner
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whet
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. The odors from the kitchen should whet my appetite.
Select answer:
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse
attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach
resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties
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