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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Thrifty 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 27 /ˈθrɪf.ti/ (adj) very careful with money and resources, frugal, economical, prudent, cautious, sparing, parsimonious, provident I really dislike this statement – No one ever gets rich by being frugal and thrifty. Some people like to say this whenever you try to save money. To me, this means you …
Cease 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 27 /siːs/ (verb) to stop something, put an end to, finish, end, put a stop to, terminate, abolish, come to a close, die down, close down, desist, discontinue, abstain, give up A ceasefire (or truce), also spelled cease fire (the antonym of ‘open fire’), is a temporary stoppage of …
Unite 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 27 /jʊˈnaɪt/ (verb) to join together and form a group, mix, unify, fuse, blend, integrate, amalgamate, gather, bond, connect, bring together, come together, merge, combine – marry, wed, join in matrimony On Sept. 9, 1776, the Continental Congress formally changed the name of their new nation to the “United …
Feeble 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 27 /ˈfiː.bļ/ (adj) frail, decrepit, unsteady, wobbly, doddering, enervated, debilitated, incapacitated, shaky, delicate – unconvincing, ineffective, pathetic, ineffectual Will you love me when I’m old and feeble? Will you love me when I’m old and gray? When this heart of mine grows tired and weary, Will you love me …
Severity 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 27 /sɪˈver.ɪ.ti/ (noun) the state of being intense or severe, intenseness, intensity, harshness, strictness, cruelty, sternness, ruthlessness, cruelty, brutality, relentlessness – seriousness, gravity, acuteness – simplicity, bareness, plainness We compared three assessor types (self-assessors, peer-assessors, and teacher assessors) to determine whether they differed in the levels of severity they …
Exhaust 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 27 /ɪgˈzɔːst/ (noun & verb) Noun: discharge of waste gases, fumes or vapor at the end of an engine through the outlet, escape, car exhaust, hole, flue, chimney Verb: to tire someone or something out, wear out, weaken, drain, fatigue, debilitate, enervate – finish, use up, deplete, empty completely, …
Rapid 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 27 /ˈræp.ɪd/ (adj) fast and quick, swift, speedy, prompt, precipitous, hurried, hasty, sudden, nimble, rash, expeditious, express, brisk, fleet REM stands for rapid eye movement. During REM sleep, your eyes move around rapidly in a range of directions, but don’t send any visual information to your brain. That doesn’t …
Disrupt 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 27 /dɪsˈrʌpt/ (verb) to prevent someone or something from continuing their natural progressive course, thwart, obstruct, disturb, perturb, mess up, interrupt, upset, dislocate, disorder, interfere with, unsettle Of course, even when you take steps to prevent disruptive behavior you can never guarantee a disruption-free class because some students would …
Despite 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 27 /dɪˈspaɪt/ (preposition) in spite of, notwithstanding, regardless of, irrespective of, even with, in the face of, even though Adaptable describes most people in their old age. Despite the stressfulness of old age, they are described as “agreeable” and “accepting”. However, old age dependence induces feelings of incompetence and …
Respond 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 26 /rɪˈspɒnd/ (verb) to answer or reply to someone or something, give an answer to, answer back, retort, react to a stimulus, take action, counter, act on …learner comes to respond to stimuli other than the one originally calling for the response (as when dogs are taught to salivate …