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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Devout 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 3 Devout 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 3 /dɪˈvaʊt/ (adj) deeply religious, devoted to something, pious, believing strongly in a religion, spiritual, God-fearing, saintly, faithful, devoted, dedicated, committed, staunch, sincere, heartfelt, earnest, wholehearted A devout lady and a lukewarm believer — does their relationship stand …
Excoriate 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 3 Excoriate 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 3 /ekˈskɔː.ri.eɪt/ (verb) to criticize a play, book or political action openly and vehemently, flay, attack, denounce, berate, rebuke, condemn, castigate, censure, damage or remove part of the surface or the skin, abrade, rub away, scrape, strip away, …
Potent 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 3 Potent 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 3 /ˈpəʊ.tənt/ (adj) extremely powerful and effective, forceful, robust, vigorous, influential, mighty, strong, formidable, dominant, puissant, persuasive, convincing It is a legacy that reminds us that the most effective way to fight injustice is to help people see …
Frail 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 3 Frail 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 3 /freɪl/ (adj) weak and delicate, easily damaged, unhealthy, feeble, enfeebled, debilitated, infirm, unwell, in poor health, flimsy, sicky, unsteady, unstable, fragile, puny, decrepit As in many other malignancies, we have learned that combination therapy at the outset …
Reputed 1100 Words You Need to Know Week 44 Day 3 Reputed 1100 Words You Need to Know Week 44 Day 3 /rɪˈpjuː.tɪd/ (adj) generally believed to exist or be the true situation although it might not be true, alleged, thought, said, reported, rumored, deemed, highly regarded, supposed, presumed, apparent, fabled Sadaf is the Chief …
Deprecate 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 2 Deprecate 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 2 /ˈdep.rɪ.keɪt/ (verb) to say or show that something is of little importance or value, express disapproval of, deplore, abhor, frown upon, to condemn someone or something, denounce, deplore, criticize, disapprove, censure, denigrate, despise, disdain, trivialize, decry Just …
Canard 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 2 /ˈkæn.ɑːd/ (noun) a deliberately false rumor or report, misrepresentation, hoax, false information, fabricated report, groundless rumor, falsehood, artifice ‘Cartoon’ doesn’t mean that the underlying thing being caricatured is fake or unimportant. Quite to the contrary, most cartoons are built around really emotionally charged truths. And that …
Defamatory 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 2 Defamatory 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 2 /dɪˈfæm.ə.tər.i/ (adj) intended to ruin one’s reputation, libelous, scandalous, malicious, abusive, vicious, backbiting, insulting, offensive, derogatory, deprecating The reputation you’ve built for your business can be damaged in a short space of time by defamatory comments. If …
Libel 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 2 Libel 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 2 /ˈlaɪ.bəl/ (noun & verb) attacking of someone’s reputation, written statement damaging someone’s reputation falsely, defamation, vilification, calumny, misrepresentation, disparagement, derogation, denigration, slander, character assassination, vilify, tarnish, defame, malign The law of defamation, libel and slander can be …
Futile 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 1 Futile 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 1 /ˈfjuː.taɪl/ (adj) having no effect or good result, unsuccessful, abortive, fruitless, pointless, useless, ineffective, vain, ineffectual Despite hours of effort, Sarah knew her attempts to revive the wilted plant were ultimately futile. No amount of sunlight, water, …