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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Bolt from the Blue 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 3 Bolt from the Blue 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 3 a great surprise, a sudden and unexpected event, an unexpected piece of news, an unforeseen and unanticipated event, surprise, shock, bombshell, jolt, blow, upset “This was a bolt from the blue …
Mercenary 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 3 Mercenary 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 3 / mɜs ə n ə ri/ (adj & noun) only interested in the money that you can get in one way or another, motivated only by money, acquisitive, greedy, grasping, avaricious, covetous, a soldier who fights for …
Mollify 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 3 Mollify 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 3 /ˈmɒl.ɪ.faɪ/ (verb) to make someone less upset or angry, soothe, calm down, allay, soften, appease, reduce the severity of, placate, pacify, conciliate, mitigate, assuage, alleviate, quell, moderate Although, interestingly enough, an entire judicial system (equity) was built …
Repent 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 3 Repent 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 3 /rɪˈpent/ (verb) to be very sorry or contrite for something wrong you’ve done in the past, regret, feel or express remorse or regret, rue, reproach oneself, be ashamed, be penitent or remorseful, apologize, ask forgiveness, feel sorrow …
Criterion 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 3 Criterion 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 3 /kraɪˈtɪə.ri.ən/ (noun) a standard or principle by which something is judged, benchmark, acid test, gauge, specification, measure, yardstick, touchstone, scale, barometer, canon, norm, condition, frame of reference In a case falling within the above financial criteria the …
Largess 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 3 Largess 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 3 /lɑːˈʒes/ (noun) willingness to give money or charity to the poor, baksheesh, donation, largesse, generosity, money or gifts offered generously, munificence, liberality, bounty, benevolence, handout, gifts, assistance Internationally, two government-run pilot programs have concluded, both ending earlier …
Lay One’s Cards on the Table 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2 Lay One’s Cards on the Table 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2 to talk frankly, let someone know one’s position openly, deal honestly about something, to reveal something that one has kept hidden, to be very candid, to reveal …
Iniquity 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2 /ɪˈnɪk.wə.ti/ (noun) highly unfair and immoral behavior, injustice, wickedness, immorality, sinfulness, impropriety, vice, evil, villainy, odiousness, criminality, egregiousness, reprehensibility, outrage, wrongdoing, heinousness #NutritionIsLife #JusticeIsLife #DevotedToDietetics #DevotedToJustice #ThereIsNothingYouCannotDo — I stand by these hashtags, and they are the driving force for everything I hope to bring forth …
Subservient 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2 Subservient 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2 /səbˈsɜː.vi.ənt/ (adj) willing to do what other people want, sycophantic, fawning, ready to obey others unconditionally, obsequious, servile, submissive, compliant, docile, passive, unassertive, subordinate, less important, meek The touching of the feet is similar to aarteing (in …
Benevolent 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2 Benevolent 1100 Words You Need Week 43 Day 2 /bɪˈnev.əl.ənt/ (adj) kind and helpful, altruistic, magnanimous, kindly, kind-hearted, big-hearted, good-natured, compassionate, caring, generous, philanthropic, humane, humanitarian, unselfish, beneficent, munificent, giving, benign A wealthy friend of mine recently told me, “You get successful by saying yes, but …