Learning English vocabulary, especially abstract and academic words, has always been a big challenge for English learners because the majority of ESL learners simply memorize words out of context. Therefore, English learners cannot score high on standardized English tests, such as IELTS, TOEFL, GRE, SAT, etc. with relatively long passages and contextualized words.
Vocabulary learning should be integrated with listening comprehension to become a more natural process. For this reason, our students can select any word, phrase, passage or the entire article in order to listen to the selected text. That is to say, LELB Society is genuinely talking to and interacting with our students.
As mentioned earlier, it’s a wrong approach to learning vocabulary out of context. At LELB Society, we provide our students with this exceptional opportunity to build up and expand academic vocabulary in real or authentic context extracted from novels, books, websites, plays, scripts of movies, poems, and the like. What’s more, our students can master advanced vocabulary in organized themes and subjects by clicking on the tags or keywords located at the bottom of each lesson. To browse our most frequently-used tags and keywords, click here and study all lessons.
Abstract words should become tangible in your mind for a longer retention. One perfect way to make abstract words tangible is to make appropriate associations between them and corresponding visual concepts, and using images and illustrations can help you achieve this goal. At LELB Society, we have illustrated thousands of advanced English vocabulary found in best-selling vocabulary books, such as 504 Absolutely Essential Words, 1100 Words You Need to Know and 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam.
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Censor 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 28 /ˈsent.səʳ/ (noun & verb) Noun: a person who edits and cuts out offensive parts from books, films, etc., expurgator, bowdlerizer, editor, reviewer, corrector, inspector Verb: to expurgate, edit and remove the offensive parts from films, books, etc., cut, remove, delete parts of, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, amend Book censorship is …
Disaster 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 28 /dɪˈzɑː.stəʳ/ (noun) severe harm, damage or death, serious difficulty, calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, cataclysm – misadventure, mishap, setback, misfortune, debacle, failure, fiasco, adversary Initial priorities for U.S. participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, declared by the United Nations, are contained in this volume. It focuses on …
Excessive 504 Absolutely Essential Words lesson 28 /ekˈses.ɪv/ (adj) more than enough, unwarranted, too much, undue, unnecessary, immoderate, superfluous, disproportionate, extreme, overindulgent, lavish Cumulative and excessive sun exposure causes mainly basal cell and squamous cell skin cancer, while episodes of severe blistering sunburns, usually before age 18, can cause melanoma later in life. Other less …
Disclose 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 28 /dɪˈskləʊz/ (verb) to display something, make something known, show, betray, demonstrate, illustrate, make public, evince, exhibit, reveal, divulge, uncover, unveil, release During the press conference, the CEO refused to disclose any details about the upcoming merger, citing confidentiality agreements. Reporters pressed for more information, but she maintained that …
Illustrate 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 28 /ˈɪl.ə.streɪt/ (verb) to draw pictures for magazines, books, etc. – show or evince something, elucidate, display, exemplify, disclose, reveal, demonstrate, illuminate, clarify This is a cover photo for The Magic Tree House series I illustrated as an illustrator. It contains all the elements of the story, as well …
Undernourished 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 28 /ˌʌn.dəˈnʌr.ɪʃt/ (adj) suffering from malnutrition, not getting enough nutritious food to maintain health, lacking enough nutrients for optimum health, starved, underfed, famished, malnourished, hungry Malnutrition (undernutrition) is caused by a lack of nutrients, either as a result of a poor diet or problems absorbing nutrients from food. The …
Promote 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 28 /prəˈməʊt/ (verb) move forward and progress, get into a higher position, progress, elevate, upgrade, advance – to encourage or endorse something, uphold, sponsor, stimulate, assist, nurture, contribute to, boost A promotion is the advancement of an employee’s rank or position in an organizational hierarchy system. Promotion may be …
Outlaw 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 28 /ˈaʊt.lɔː/ (noun & verb) Noun: a criminal person escaping from legal punishment, lawbreaker, fugitive, runaway, brigand, bandit, desperado Verb: to make something illegal, ban something, forbid, veto, prohibit, proscribe, disallow, suppress, censure In historical legal systems, an outlaw is one declared as outside the protection of the law. …
Monarch 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 27 /ˈmɒn.ək/ (noun) a king or queen, potentate, ruler, sovereign, crown, emperor, empress, imperator, tsar, prince, princess This is a list of Portuguese monarchs who ruled from the establishment of the Kingdom of Portugal, in 1139, to the deposition of the Portuguese monarchy and creation of the Portuguese Republic …
Miserly 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 27 /ˈmaɪ.zəl.i/ (adj) unwilling to spend money even on necessary things, parsimonious, too frugal, niggardly, stingy, mean, close-fisted, tight-fisted, penny-pinching – meager, insignificant, paltry, derisory, nominal, infinitesimal, trifling Miserly side of billionaire Mark Zuckerberg When it comes to revealing the stinginess or miserliness of celebs, Mark Zuckerberg and wife …