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.
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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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aboriginal
 
 
(1)
a.  E.g. Her studies of the primitive art forms of the aboriginal Indians were widely reported in the scientific journals.
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responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
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bask
 
 
(2)
v.  E.g. Relaxing on the beach, they bask so completely that fell asleep.
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discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly
approve formally; confirm; verify
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
emphasize; stress; pronounce with a stress or accent; mark with an accent
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decomposition
 
 
(3)
n.  E.g. Despite the body's advanced state of decomposition, the police were able to identify the murdered man.
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person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant to impress others
misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by public official
sudden outburst of emotion or action; sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease
breakdown or decay of organic materials; act or result of decomposing
excessive pride or self-confidence
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douse
 
 
(4)
v.  E.g. They douse each other with hoses and water balloons.
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goad or urge forward; provoke; incite
overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
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floe
 
 
(5)
n.  E.g. The ship made slow progress as it battered its way through the ice floe.
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powerful and effective language; persuasive speech
forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
study of historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words
feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension
mass of floating ice; ice formed by freezing of surface-water of polar oceans
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fray
 
 
(6)
n.  E.g. The three musketeers were in the thick of the fray.
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pretense; something intended to misrepresent
battle, assault, or quarrel with violence; wear away by rubbing
practice of ending life of hopelessly ill individuals; assisted suicide
remedy; compensation; act of correcting error or fault
opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
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interloper
 
 
(7)
n.  E.g. The merchant thought of his competitor as interloper who was stealing away his trade.
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overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
intruder; one that interferes with affairs of others, often for selfish reasons
direct financial aid by government
excuse; something serving to conceal plans; fictitious reason
conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
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montage
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. In one early montage, Beauchamp brought together pictures of broken newspaper clippings about the Vietnam War.
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introduction, usually to a poem or play
vain man; one who want to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation
photographic composition combining elements from different sources
strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
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practicable
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. The board of directors decided that the plan was practicable and agreed to undertake the project.
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caused by earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
unable to be changed without exception; not mutable
repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
feasible; capable of being effected, done, or put into practice
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riveting
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. The reviewer described Byatt's novel Possession as a riveting tale, one so absorbing that he had finished it in a single night.
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avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor
wholly absorbing one's attention
smooth and shining; reflecting luster from smooth or polished surface; plausible
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terminus
 
 
(11)
n.  E.g. After we reached the railroad terminus, we continued our journey into the wilderness on saddle horses.
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last stop of railroad; final point or end; boundary or border
violation of rule or regulation; breach; minor offence or petty crime
tender affection; love; act of showing affection
temporary stay; brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
period of greatest popularity, success, or power; golden age
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verbatim
 
 
(12)
ad.  E.g. He repeated her remarks verbatim in these months; when do we hear some new idea?
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using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word
surpassing; exceeding ordinary limits; superior
accidental; by chance; coming or occurring without any cause
consisting of dissimilar elements or parts; completely different
pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters
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