Test sheet for ACT Vocabulary Test Online

aghast

(1)

a. E.g. The film grabs you by the throat so that any feeling of being aghast is contained – and you hold on to that feeling up to the very last scene.

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marked by energy and vigor; manly; able to copulate, as for male
occurring or taking place in person's mind rather than external world; unreal
overjoyed; extremely happy and excited
struck by shock, terror, or amazement
large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse
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bereft

(2)

a. E.g. The foolish gambler soon found himself bereft of funds.

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leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled
long and thin; slender; having little substance
deprived of; lacking; desolate because of loss
huge; of a tremendous size, volume, degree
able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
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convoluted

(3)

a. E.g. His argument was so convoluted that few of us could follow it intelligently.

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difficult to use or handle because of size or weight or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture
plowed but left unseeded during a growing season; uncultivated
coiled around; highly involved; intricate
long and thin; slender; having little substance
open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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disjointed

(4)

a. E.g. His remarks were so disjointed that we could not follow his reasoning.

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peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled
separated at joints; out of joint; lacking order or coherence
influential in original way; providing basis for further development; creative
impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent
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ewe

(5)

n. E.g. An ewe has been missing from the flock of sheep.

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large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept
tendency to keep together
act of supposing; something supposed; assumption
tender affection; love; act of showing affection
female sheep, especially when full grown
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impale

(6)

v. E.g. His adversary hurled a spear to impale him.

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establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support
attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
pierce; kill by piercing with a spear or sharp
move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem
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incapacitate

(7)

v. E.g. During the winter, respiratory ailments incapacitate many people.

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disable or disqualify; deprive of capacity or natural power
destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate
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ostentatious

(8)

a. E.g. Donald Trump's latest casino in Atlantic City is the most ostentatious gambling palace in the East.

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well-bred; marked by refinement in taste and manners
winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
behaving like slave; subordinate in capacity or function
showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
able to live both on land and in water
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peripheral

(9)

a. E.g. We lived, not in central London, but in one of those peripheral suburbs that spring up on the outskirts of a great city.

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located in outer boundary; unimportant; auxiliary
demanding great effort or labor; difficult
composed of elements from a variety of sources
marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm and resolute
indefensible; not able to be maintained
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seismic

(10)

a. E.g. The Richter scale is a measurement of seismic disturbances.

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throw into confusion; deeply involved especially in something complicated
caused by earthquake or earth vibration; earthshaking
advanced in development; appearing or developing early
open to view; not secret or hidden
existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
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soliloquy

(11)

n. E.g. The soliloquy is a device used by the dramatist to reveal a character's innermost thoughts and emotions.

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act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger
science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
talking to oneself; act of a character speaking to himself so as to reveal his thoughts to audience
cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; sound of heavy treading
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traverse

(12)

v. E.g. When you traverse this field alone, be careful of the bull.

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restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to former state of health or good repute
expel; eject from a position or place; force out
disable or disqualify; deprive of capacity or natural power
destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
go through or across, often under difficult conditions
Don't select.