Test sheet for ACT Vocabulary Test Online

abut

(1)

v. E.g. Where our estates abut, we must build a fence.

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throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship
free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved
handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds
enrage; make furious or mad with anger
border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
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bicker

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v. E.g. The children bicker morning, noon, and night, exasperating their parents.

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interrupt or cut off voice; keep in or hold back; suppress; conceal or hide
kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
emphasize; stress; pronounce with a stress or accent; mark with an accent
approach; tend to meet; come together
engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
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cistern

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n. E.g. The farmers were able to withstand the dry season by using rainwater they had stored in an underground cistern.

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feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
lack of self-confidence or courage
viewer who enjoys seeing sex acts or sex organs of others
bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization
reservoir or water tank; vessel to hold water for household uses
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descry

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v. E.g. In the distance, we could barely descry the enemy vessels.

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make something last; preserve from extinction
voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make urgent appeal
catch sight of; discover by careful observation or scrutiny
fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to
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fabricate

(5)

v. E.g. If we fabricate the buildings in this project out of standardized sections, we can reduce construction costs considerably.

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pass gradually or leak through, as if through small openings
rob; strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask unreasonable price
pollute; make dirty or spotty
build; put together out of components or parts
spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
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hypochondriac

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n. E.g. The doctor prescribed chocolate pills for his patient who was a hypochondriac.

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payment or expense; output
process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay
ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects
patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments; one who is morbidly anxious about his health, and generally depressed
disloyal person; traitor or rebel
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intrinsic

(7)

a. E.g. Although my grandmother's china has little intrinsic value, I shall always cherish it for the memories it evokes.

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difficult to use or handle because of size or weight or shape; lacking grace in movement or posture
wildly disordered; excessive enthusiasm or excitement; insane
having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby
relating to essential nature of a thing; inherent; built-in
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obstetrician

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n. E.g. In modern times, the delivery of children has passed from the midwife to the more scientifically trained obstetrician.

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major city, especially chief city of country or region
physician specializing in delivery of babies
place where one can live in seclusion; home of one isolated from society for religious reasons
popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
purging or cleansing of any passage of body
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prolific

(9)

a. E.g. My editors must assume I'm a prolific writer: they expect me to revise six books this year!.

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existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary
lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby; old-fashioned
appetizing to taste or smell; salty or Non-Sweet; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable
producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
flexible; moving and bending with ease
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renown

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n. E.g. For many years an unheralded researcher, Barbara McClintock gained international renown when she won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.

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fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
cheat; one who defrauds or makes practice of defrauding others
grievous loss; particularly, the loss of a relative or friend by death
indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor
convenient features; courtesies
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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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act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
last stop of railroad; final point or end; boundary or border
earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable
form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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unanimity

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n. E.g. We were surprised by the unanimity with which members of both parties accepted our proposals.

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complete agreement in opinion or resolution of all persons concerned
feeling of being bored by something tedious
direct, quick route; direct, straight course
practice of ending life of hopelessly ill individuals; assisted suicide
agitation; chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances
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