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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anomalous
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. He was placed in the anomalous position of seeming to approve procedures which he despised.
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deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule
expedient; artful, crafty or cunning; using, displaying, or proceeding from policy
forceful; intensely emotional; inclined to react violently
of the same or similar nature or kind
making severe demands; rigorous; requiring great care, effort, or attention
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audacious
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. Audiences cheered as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia made their audacious, death defying leap to freedom, escaping Darth Vader's troops.
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agonizing; distressing extremely painful
uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
disagreeable and contrary in disposition; mean or coarse
rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly
fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold
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curmudgeon
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Although he was regarded by many as a curmudgeon, a few of us were aware of the many kindnesses and acts of charity that he secretly performed.
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equality in status or amount; similarity or close
natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions
picture design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into surface
repetitive or incantatory recital; long and tedious address
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disquiet
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. Holmes's absence for a day, slightly caused to disquiet Watson; after a week with no word, however, Watson's uneasiness about his missing friend had grown into a deep fear for his safety.
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chain; fetter; restraint that confines or restricts freedom
make uneasy or anxious; trouble
draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer
stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
split with or as if with a sharp instrument; pierce or penetrate; remain faithful to
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fallow
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Farmers have learned that it is advisable to permit land to lie fallow every few years.
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exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome
plowed but left unseeded during a growing season; uncultivated
unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
lacking variety or excitement; monotonous
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harrowing
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. At first the former prisoner did not wish to discuss his harrowing months of captivity as a political hostage.
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left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
untimely; poorly chosen; inconvenient; unseasonable; unsuitable
demanding much work or care; tedious
agonizing; distressing extremely painful
beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
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jaunty
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. In An American in Paris, Gene Kelly sang and danced his way through "Singing in the Rain" in a properly jaunty style.
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eating away by chemicals or disease
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
gay in manner, appearance, or action; easy and carefree
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
knowing or perceiving; part of mental functions that deals with logic
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obligatory
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. It is obligatory that books borrowed from the library be returned within two weeks.
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sky blue; light purplish-blue
stubbornly unyielding; marked by sternness or harshness
casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed
sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
morally or legally constraining; required; binding
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partition
 
 
(9)
v.  E.g. Before their second daughter was born, they decided each child needed a room, and so they planned to partition a large bedroom into two small separate rooms.
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divide into parts, pieces, or sections
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
belittle; speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
pollute; make dirty or spotty
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reciprocal
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. The two nations signed a reciprocal trade agreement.
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incompatible; not able to be resolved
rising in revolt against established authority; rebelling against leadership of political party
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
dull, unimaginative, and commonplace; old-fashioned; stuffy
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supposition
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. I based my decision to confide in him on the supposition that he would be discreet.
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act of supposing; something supposed; assumption
one opposed to force; antimilitarist
arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked
intensity of feeling; warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion
large tent, often with open sides, used chiefly for outdoor entertainment; roof like structure
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tractable
 
 
(12)
a.  E.g. Although Susan seemed a tractable young woman, she had a stubborn streak of independence.
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derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
healthily plump and ample of figure; full-bosomed; vigorous; jolly
easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
mixed up; difficult to understand because it has been distorted
looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
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