ACT Vocabulary Test Online

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Before ACT test, students usually try to enhance vocabulary as strong 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 to think, talk, read, and write, is the foundation of any language skills. To build ACT vocabulary, you need study firstly, and then review known words to keep them refreshed.

This app, ACT Vocabulary Test Online, is a tool to help you do build ACT words. Within modern education methodology, there are multiple ways to study vocabulary. The app is designed for random practice. It has a built-in set of ACT words list, more than 1000, which is matched with the middle level of 12th grade students and highly useful in ACT test papers. You may try individual quiz or challenge some test sheets. If you don't feel either too easy or too hard, it means the built-in ACT vocabulary is suitable for you.

This is a game style app. You don't need detail plan or schedule to use it. Anytime and anywhere you can access its web pages and practice or test as long as you have internet. Some people use it as tool to evaluate ACT vocabulary. Others use it to study new words or review known words. So called practice-oriented vocabulary building is to enrich word bank by repeated exercises. Based on lots of exercises, you may finally familiarize with the built-in vocabulary and keep them warm until the test day.

The primary functionality of the app is to make ACT word question sheets dynamically on demand, and then hosts the sheets as online practices. Showing quizzes and auto checking answers are core features of ACT vocabulary test online. In addition, students can store result of each test for further analyzing. For example the data is useful to compare with either early data or even others' data to improve performance.

The app has some extra features that similar tools hardly have. It includes sample sentence for each word, which helps very much to learn new word. It provides definitions of 20 languages for every word and let ESL students select mother language and integrate it with English explanation.

As we mentioned, the app needs store your test data because its core features are relied on previous practices' results. So you should sign on before any activities. ACT Vocabulary Test Online is totally free. You can use a generic examword.com account (email/access code) to sign on. If you don't have an account yet, create one is only to take a few minutes. Sign on and start to enjoy this great web app!
 Questions and Answers
How many quizzes and words are there in ACT vocabulary test?
ACT vocabulary test online has 1200+ basic ACT words. Each test sheet has 12 questions that are produced dynamically. So, every time you will see different test sheet.

What special features are in the web app?
As a free ACT online vocabulary tool, it is convenient and easy to use anytime and anywhere. Besides, it offers some features that ACT vocabulary builders are very interested. For example, you can get scores and speeds of other users to compare with own data, or view own previous test data and failed words.

Do I have to sign on before using the app?
This is a free web app. In general, you can use it without sign on. But if you want to save test results for future's view, you need sign on at first. If you don't have examword.com account yet, please register one by clicking Sign On. An examword.com account (English Test Vocabulary) is good for all web apps in this web site, and most of them are free.

I set my mother language, but I don't see it in test sheets sometimes, why?
In a few cases, like first landing test page, your settings possibly aren't loaded. So, you cannot see local explanation in test sheet. Please get new test sheet. Your local language would be added.

Why do I fail to submit or check my test sometimes?
To ensure your data is useful for future reference, submit will be accepted only when score is more than 30%. It means you need answer at least 4 questions right to get a score.

Do I have to Save my test result?
No. But if you want to view the result in future, you should save it. The saved result includes mark, duration, and failed word list. Note that you need sign on before testing if you want to save result.

I submit my test answers, but cannot see it in Statistics and Previous Test, why?
Submitting only finishes current test sheet, you can see the test result at current web page. However, the result hasn't been sent and saved to server yet. If you leave this page in any way, your result will lose. To view test result in future, like show in Statistics and Previous Test, you have to save it to server before leaving.

How do I use Statistics to evaluate my level and improve my pace?
The Statistics page shows data of 200 tests of ACT just before current day, which includes both mark and duration. It's hard to say what number is good or excellent because everyone has own scenario. However, you should at least be better than average level if you want to get a good mark since the built-in ACT words are in middle level. If you are trying to have a high score in ACT test, you would reach top 10% in both mark and test duration.

 Demo Test Sheet

acclaim
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. The NBC sportscasters acclaim every American victory in the Olympics and decried every American defeat.
Select answer:
avoid deliberately; keep away from
deduce; conclude from evidence or premises; lead to as a consequence or conclusion
speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly; talk artlessly and childishly
applaud; announce with great approval
warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
Don't select.
bauble
 
 
(2)
n.  E.g. The child was delighted with the bauble she had won in the grab bag.
Select answer:
systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject
something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
sudden flood or strong outburst; sudden heavy fall of rain
state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy
Don't select.
censure
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. Today's paper will censure the senator for behavior inappropriate to a member of Congress.
Select answer:
expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
paycosts of; undertake payment of; make compensation to or for
condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
Don't select.
dogged
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. Les Miserables tells of Inspector Javert's long, dogged pursuit of the criminal Jean Valjean.
Select answer:
with reference or regard; in respect
unwilling or reluctant; filled with disgust or aversion; dislike
determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
modest and reserved in manner or behavior
Don't select.
filament
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. A ray of sunlight illuminated every filament of the spider web, turning the web into a net of gold.
Select answer:
person with insane desire to set things on fire
science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
talking to oneself; act of a character speaking to himself so as to reveal his thoughts to audience
fine thread or fiber; thin wire; threadlike structure within light bulb
countercharge; counter or mutual accusation
Don't select.
foresight
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. A wise investor, she had the foresight to buy land just before the current real estate boom.
Select answer:
ability to foresee future happenings
woman who rules a family, clan, or tribe
highest point; vertex; summit; climax
person with insane desire to set things on fire
indefinitely long period of time; age
Don't select.
indict
 
 
(7)
v.  E.g. The district attorney didn't want to indict the suspect until she was sure she had a strong enough case to convince a jury.
Select answer:
charge; accuse formally of a crime
state without proof; assert to be true
disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; make a false show of
quick forward dive or reach; thrust
work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
Don't select.
loquacious
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Though our daughter barely says a word to us these days, put a phone in her hand and see how loquacious she can be: our phone bills are out of sight!.
Select answer:
talkative; given to continual talking; chattering
abundant; rich and splendid; fertile
clear, transparent or bright; calm, untroubled, and without worry
capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
Don't select.
partisan
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. On certain issues of principle, she refused to take a partisan stand, but let her conscience be her guide.
Select answer:
knowing or perceiving; part of mental functions that deals with logic
one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
easily approachable; warmly friendly
momentary; temporary; staying for short time
twisted; knotty; made rough by age or hard work
Don't select.
salient
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. One of the salient features of that newspaper is its excellent editorial page.
Select answer:
impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless
marked by or given to innovations; introducing a change
prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
gay in manner, appearance, or action; easy and carefree
Don't select.
subordinate
 
 
(11)
a.  E.g. Bishop Proudie's wife expected all the subordinate clergy to behave with great deference to the wife of their superior.
Select answer:
gigantic; of great comparative size
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; multicolored
occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
marked by or having equity; just and impartial
Don't select.
waft
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. Daydreaming, he gazes at the leaves that waft past his window.
Select answer:
hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
paycosts of; undertake payment of; make compensation to or for
rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water
cut into small parts; withdraw or exclude from membership, as of a society or body
Don't select.
 

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