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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aromatic
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Medieval sailing vessels brought aromatic herbs from China to Europe.
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not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
throw into confusion; deeply involved especially in something complicated
difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
fragrant or sweet-smelling; caused by fragrant odor
being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
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bicker
 
 
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v.  E.g. The children bicker morning, noon, and night, exasperating their parents.
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engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to former state of health or good repute
cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion
disprove; prove to be false or incorrect
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composure
 
 
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n.  E.g. Even the latest work crisis failed to shake her composure.
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person who loves mankind in general; very generous person or institution
something that restricts or confines within prescribed bounds
omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
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dissipate
 
 
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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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insult to one's character or reputation; pronounce indistinctly; talk about disparagingly or insultingly
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make urgent appeal
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
give a bodily form to; represent in bodily or material form; incorporate
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epoch
 
 
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n.  E.g. The glacial epoch lasted for thousands of years.
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hairstyle; head-dress; manner of arranging or dressing hair
overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable
fixed and regular payment, such as salary for services or allowance.
expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen
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illusory
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Unfortunately, the costs of running the lemonade stand were so high that Tom's profits proved illusory.
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requiring sitting; accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise; living in one area, not migratory
deceptive or tending of deceive; not real
similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
improperly forward or bold; rude
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judicious
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. At a key moment in his life, he made a judicious investment that was the foundation of his later wealth.
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complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape
being without boundaries or limits; infinite; vast
having cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character; overly sweet
exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent
being beyond what is required or sufficient
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outspoken
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. The candidate was too outspoken to be a successful politician; he had not yet learned to weigh his words carefully.
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expedient; artful, crafty or cunning; using, displaying, or proceeding from policy
given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
in name only; insignificantly small
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
caused by earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
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penury
 
 
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n.  E.g. When his pension fund failed, George feared he would end his days in penury. He became such a penny pincher that he turned into a closefisted, penurious miser.
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ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner
condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference
extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency
remainder; small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
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sardonic
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. The sardonic humor of nightclub comedians who satirize or ridicule patrons in the audience strikes some people as amusing and others as rude.
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not able to be perceived by senses, as touch; vague
brief and compact; expressing much in few words
pulled or drawn tight; kept in trim shape; neat and tidy
pertaining to science of the function of living organisms
disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking
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tenuous
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. The allegiance of our allies is held by rather tenuous ties; we all should see it's in dangerous.
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derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily
long and thin; slender; having little substance
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wily
 
 
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a.  E.g. She is as wily as a fox in avoiding trouble.
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cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
moderately warm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted
gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
departing from accepted beliefs or standards; oppositional
state of being held in high esteem and honor
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