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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acrid
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. The air seemed to have different grades of warmth and chill in it; they were passing a farmyard with strong-smelling, acrid from the sour smell of manure.
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all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force
unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word
being beyond what is required or sufficient
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits
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belabor
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. The debate coach warns her students if they belabor her point they will bore the audience.
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declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly
disable or disqualify; deprive of capacity or natural power
discuss repeatedly; attack verbally; work hard upon
appease or pacify; bring peace to
scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
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cursive
 
 
(3)
a.  E.g. In normal writing we run our letters together in cursive form; in printing, we separate the letters.
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festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
causing damage or harm; injurious
dull, unimaginative, and commonplace; old-fashioned; stuffy
flowing, as writing letters joined one to another without raising pen; running
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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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spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
contradict; give a false impression
ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
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ephemeral
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. The mayfly is an ephemeral creature: its adult life lasts little more than a day.
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short-lived; enduring a very short time
extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward
felt in one's inner organs; obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
essential; not imaginary; actual or real
burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
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gruff
 
 
(6)
a.  E.g. Although he was blunt and gruff with most people, he was always gentle with children.
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by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually
having rough, surly, or harsh nature
disagreeing, especially with a majority; rebellious
relating to, or contributing to sense of smell
being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
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indomitable
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. Focusing on her game despite all her personal problems, tennis champion Steffi Graf proved she had an indomitable will to win.
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marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
speechless; without or deprived of the use of speech or words
making severe demands; rigorous; requiring great care, effort, or attention
firmly or constant loyal; fixed or unchanging
unconquerable; incapable of being overcome
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obdurate
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. He was obdurate in his refusal to listen to our complaints.
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behaving like slave; subordinate in capacity or function
expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad
holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion
causing damage or harm; injurious
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painstaking
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. The truth is, I didn’t want to have to call any parents, so by outlining everything in painstaking detail in my newsletters, I could avoid it.
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having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid
below threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response
inharmonious; impossible to coexist; not easy to combine harmoniously
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rejuvenate
 
 
(10)
v.  E.g. The Charlatan claimed that his elixir would rejuvenate the aged and weary.
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make young again; restore to youthful vigor or appearance
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
go backwards; decline to inferior state; degenerate
disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
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skeptic
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. I am a skeptic about the new health plan; I want some proof that it can work.
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natural consequence or effect; result
hairstyle; head-dress; manner of arranging or dressing hair
gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
questioner, especially who is excessively rigorous or harsh; investigator
doubter; person who suspends judgment until evidence has been examined
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whet
 
 
(12)
v.  E.g. The odors from the kitchen should whet my appetite.
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make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate
appear or take shape, usually in enlarged or distorted form
beat or pound with fists; hit or strike heavily and repeatedly
explain or describe in detail
sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
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