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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advocacy
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. No threats could dissuade Bishop Desmond Tutu from his advocacy of the human rights of black South Africans.
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intense interest; eagerness to accomplish some object
person without permanent home who moves from place to place; wanderer; tramp
person who loves mankind in general; very generous person or institution
support; active pleading on behalf of something
narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain
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austere
 
 
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a.  E.g. The headmaster's austere demeanor tended to scare off the more timid students, who never visited his study willingly.
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strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented
existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
looking within oneself; thoughtful about oneself; studying or exhibiting one's own internal state
obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
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cornucopia
 
 
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n.  E.g. The encyclopedia salesman claimed the new edition was a veritable cornucopia of information, an inexhaustible source of knowledge for the entire family.
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tiny piece of anything; very small particle
feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated
goat's horn overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance
offensive or insulting treatment
tendency to keep together
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empirical
 
 
(4)
a.  E.g. He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes; he placed his reliance entirely on empirical data.
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derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
turned or twisted toward one side; at an angle
having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
careful about money; economical
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fetid
 
 
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a.  E.g. These dogs are housed in fetid, dark sheds and barns or left outside in cages exposed to the cold, the heat, the rain and the snow.
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eating away by chemicals or disease
trivial; of slight worth or importance; frivolous or idle
impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
careful to fulfill obligations; expressing or filled with sense of obligation
unpleasant-smelling; having offensive smell; stinking
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hoard
 
 
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v.  E.g. Whenever there are rumors of a food shortage, many people are tempted to hoard food.
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move furtively and secretly; hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner
stockpile; accumulate for future use
pollute; make dirty or spotty
make whole; combine; make into one unit
give a bodily form to; represent in bodily or material form; incorporate
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lament
 
 
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v.  E.g. Even advocates of the war lament the loss of so many lives in combat.
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urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make urgent appeal
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
declare to be true; affirm
destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
irritate; stir to anger; stir up liquid; muddy
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malfeasance
 
 
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n.  E.g. The authorities did not discover the campaign manager's malfeasance until after he had spent most of the money he had embezzled.
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misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by public official
excessive pride or self-confidence
large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak
secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
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panoramic
 
 
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a.  E.g. On a clear day, from the top of the World Trade Center you can get a panoramic view of New York City and parts of New Jersey and Long Island.
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morally or legally constraining; required; binding
dead; no longer in use or existence
related to unobstructed and comprehensive view; with a wide view
gray or white with or as if with age; covered with grayish hair
talkative; given to continual talking; chattering
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schism
 
 
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n.  E.g. Let us not widen the schism by further bickering.
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separation or division into factions; formal division or split within religious body
grievous loss; particularly, the loss of a relative or friend by death
misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by public official
tiny piece of anything; very small particle
something that holds back or causes problems with something else; obstacle
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temperate
 
 
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a.  E.g. Try to be temperate in your eating this holiday season; if you control your appetite, you won't gain too much weight.
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deprived of; lacking; desolate because of loss
showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
demanding great effort or labor; difficult
restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
overly simple; simplifying something so that its complexity is lost or important details are overlooked
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verdant
 
 
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a.  E.g. Monet's paintings of the verdant meadows were symphonies in green.
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unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
temporary; provided for present need only
extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to prior conditions
unpleasant-smelling; having offensive smell; stinking
green; full of juice in vegetation
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