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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Nepotism 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2 /ˈnep.ə.tɪ.zəm/ (noun) using your authority to obtain good jobs or opportunities exclusively for your family members or relatives, favoritism, preferential treatment, the old boy network, bias, partiality, partisanship, preference, discrimination, prejudice, one-sidedness Nepotism in the workplace can lead to decreased morale among employees, especially when promotions …
Prerogative 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2 Prerogative 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2 /prɪˈrɒg.ə.tɪv/ (noun) exclusive privilege or right owned by some particular people, entitlement, advantage, appanage, due, birthright, prerequisite Prior to the FtPA, the legal power to dissolve Parliament rested with the Sovereign who, by modern convention, would do …
Derive 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2 Derive 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2 /dɪˈraɪv/ (verb) to get or obtain something from something else, extract, gain, acquire, attain, draw, receive, take, glean, originate, stem, spring, arise, descend Obese and corpulent people tend to derive more satisfaction from their food, says a …
Straight from the Shoulder 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 1 Straight from the Shoulder 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 1 frank and direct, outspoken, in a direct and open way, candid, honestly, forthrightly, freely, openly, bluntly – (of a blow) swift and well-delivered The instructor told him straight from the shoulder …
Disseminate 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 1 /dɪˈsem.ɪ.neɪt/ (verb) to give out or spread something in a large scale, propagate, spread widely, promulgate, circulate, disperse, distribute, publicize, pass on, make known, emit, broadcast, publish Websites and mobile apps are now being used to gather and disseminate information about the occurrence, intensity, and areas …
Potentate 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 1 Potentate 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 1 /ˈpəʊ.tən.teɪt/ (noun) a powerful ruler or king, monarch, sultan, sovereign, someone with maximum power and authority, leader, emperor, czar Kingdoms are one of the earliest types of societies on Earth, dating back thousands of years. There have …
Burgeon 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 1 /ˈbɜː.dʒən/ (verb) to start developing or growing quickly, flourish, thrive, prosper, increase rapidly, boom, escalate, expand, swell, snowball, augment, multiply, mushroom, proliferate This thesis analyses eighteenth-century portraiture within the context of ‘norms’ propagated in contemporary prescriptive and fictional literature, ‘norms’ which overlay a heterogeneous reality. The …
Dormant 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 1 Dormant 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 1 /ˈdɔː.mənt/ (adj) inactive and latent, sleeping, in a deep sleep, alive but not growing, asleep, resting, passive, inert, abeyant, potential, prepatent, quiescent, quiet, undeveloped, hidden The canned tuna market remained dormant in 2015, though raw material prices …
Ascertain 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 1 Ascertain 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 1 /ˌæs.əˈteɪn/ (verb) to make certain, discover, find out for certain, get to know, deduce, discern, understand, comprehend, determine, verify, confirm, figure out The body has been sent to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Science for autopsy to …
Coup de Grâce 1100 Words You Need Week 45 Day 4 /ˌkuː.dəˈgrɑːs/ (noun) Definition the final blow or shot to kill a person in suffering and agony, finishing blow, kiss of death, mercy killing, death blow, finishing stroke, finishing touch, last straw, breaking point, an act that assures victory, euthanasia Example A coup de grâce …