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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affront
 
 
(1)
n.  E.g. When Mrs. Proudie was not seated beside the Archdeacon at the head table, she took it as a personal affront and refused to speak to her hosts for a week.
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standstill resulting from opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate
song for two or three unaccompanied voices; short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music
insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
loud flourish of brass instruments, especially trumpets; spectacular public display
overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride
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belated
 
 
(2)
a.  E.g. He apologized for his belated note of condolence to the widow of his friend and explained that he had just learned of her husband's untimely death.
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departing from accepted beliefs or standards; oppositional
able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
struck by shock, terror, or amazement
used for feeling; relating to sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible
having been delayed; done or sent too late
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decimate
 
 
(3)
v.  E.g. We do more to decimate our population in automobile accidents than we do in war.
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free of; rid; remove all of one's clothing
settle down; sink to a lower level or form depression; wear off or die down
destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of
eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
stockpile; accumulate for future use
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elude
 
 
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v.  E.g. The logic of the concluding paragraph seems to elude me.
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avoid cleverly; escape perception of
put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
wear away or irritate by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; annoy; vex
grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
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exorbitant
 
 
(5)
a.  E.g. Worker mobility also appears to be constrained by rapid urbanization which has resulted in exorbitant urban housing prices and rents.
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done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
having cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character; overly sweet
dull; lacking luster or shine
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits
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hoard
 
 
(6)
v.  E.g. Whenever there are rumors of a food shortage, many people are tempted to hoard food.
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restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to former state of health or good repute
move furtively and secretly; hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner
make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate
stockpile; accumulate for future use
wound seriously; cause permanent loss of function of limb or part of body
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irrefutable
 
 
(7)
a.  E.g. No matter how hard I tried to find a good comeback for her argument, I couldn't think of one: her logic was irrefutable.
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expressing devotion or piety; earnest in religious field
requiring sitting; accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise; living in one area, not migratory
unable to be disproved; incontrovertible; undeniable
able to live both on land and in water
gray or white with or as if with age; covered with grayish hair
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madrigal
 
 
(8)
n.  E.g. His program of folk songs included a famous madrigal which he sang to the accompaniment of a lute.
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something that holds back or causes problems with something else; obstacle
inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
act of coming or going out; emergence; right to leave; path or opening for going out
song for two or three unaccompanied voices; short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music
rectangular frame attached working parts, as of automobile
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prodigious
 
 
(9)
a.  E.g. Watching the weight lifter heave the barbell to shoulder height and then boost it overhead, we marveled at his prodigious strength.
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impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous
felt in one's inner organs; obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
not harmonious; conflicting; disagreeable in sound; harsh or dissonant
fit for growing crops, as by plowing
timely; just in time; suited or right for a particular purpose
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pungent
 
 
(10)
a.  E.g. I'm bracing myself to be met by heat, humidity and what Kerry describes as a pungent odor.
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having many talents; capable of working in many fields
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy
comparable; similar or alike
stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
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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.
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made liquid by heat; glowing red-hot; being in a state of fusion
momentary; temporary; staying for short time
having or showing courage and spirit in trying circumstances
occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
able to see differences; showing careful judgment or fine taste
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vernal
 
 
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a.  E.g. Bea basked in the balmy vernal breezes, happy that winter was coming to an end.
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green; full of juice in vegetation
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
not intended; not knowing; unaware; ignorant
related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
unable to be disproved; incontrovertible; undeniable
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