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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assail
 
 
(1)
v.  E.g. These days nightmares assail him regularly.
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spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion
restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper
reduce or eliminate gradually, with knife; cut small bits off
assault; attack with or as if with violent blows
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caption
 
 
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n.  E.g. We got an caption error in The Far Side cartoons shown yesterday.
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title; chapter heading; text under illustration
small rounded hill or mound; top or crown of hill
intruder; one that interferes with affairs of others, often for selfish reasons
secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy
relaxation; leisure; freedom from worry; peace of mind
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correlation
 
 
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n.  E.g. He sought to determine the correlation that existed between ability in algebra and ability to interpret reading exercises.
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beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
one who spoils pleasure or fun of others; spoilsport
intensity of feeling; warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion
mutual relationship; interdependence or interconnection relationship
small, smooth, flat surface, as on a bone or tooth; side; a smooth surface
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effigy
 
 
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n.  E.g. The mob showed its irritation by hanging the judge in effigy.
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liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group; likeness or image, especially of a person
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
very small portion or allowance assigned, whether of food or money
thin layer; coating consisting of thin layer; ornamental coating to a building
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felicitous
 
 
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a.  E.g. He was famous for his felicitous remarks and was called upon to serve as master-of-ceremonies at many a banquet.
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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
marked by or having equity; just and impartial
extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to prior conditions
saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
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forsake
 
 
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v.  E.g. No one expected Foster to forsake his wife and children and run off with another woman.
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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
imply or require; cause to ensue or accrue; cut or carve in ornamental way
leave someone who needs or counts on you
feel or express pity or sympathy for
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incapacitate
 
 
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v.  E.g. During the winter, respiratory ailments incapacitate many people.
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insult to one's character or reputation; pronounce indistinctly; talk about disparagingly or insultingly
provide for or supply inadequately; deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material
disable or disqualify; deprive of capacity or natural power
make false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn; express sorrow or grief over; regret
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luxuriant
 
 
(8)
a.  E.g. Lady Godiva was completely covered by her luxuriant hair.
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deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
related to unobstructed and comprehensive view; with a wide view
beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
abundant; rich and splendid; fertile
wildly disordered; excessive enthusiasm or excitement; insane
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parochial
 
 
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a.  E.g. Although Jane Austen sets her novels in small rural communities, her concerns are universal, not parochial,.
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narrow in outlook; related to local church community
morally or legally constraining; required; binding
having been delayed; done or sent too late
talkative; given to continual talking; chattering
worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
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retentive
 
 
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a.  E.g. The pupil did not need to spend much time studying, for he had a retentive mind and remembered all he read.
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plentiful; possessing riches or resources
wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; able to be steered
holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent
worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
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tantamount
 
 
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a.  E.g. Though Rudy claimed his wife was off visiting friends, his shriek of horror when she walked into the room was tantamount to a confession that he believed she was dead.
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beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
equivalent in effect or value
obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
open to view; not secret or hidden
differing; tending to move apart in different directions
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vapid
 
 
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a.  E.g. "Boring!" said Jessica, as she suffered through yet another vapid lecture about Dead White Male Poets.
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marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others
dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor
healthily plump and ample of figure; full-bosomed; vigorous; jolly
sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
turned to one side; twisted; marked by humorous twist, often with a touch of irony
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