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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Wince 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 4 Wince 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 4 /wɪnts/ (noun & verb) to make pained expression, show pain especially on the face, move body back slightly, withdraw with pain, grimace, flinch, scowl, gasp, shudder, recoil, cringe ‘Oh, really? Tell my scars how safe it is …
Stupor 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 4 Stupor 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 4 /ˈstjuː.pəʳ/ US /ˈstuː.pɚ/ (noun) a state of being unconscious, torpor, insensibility, daze, oblivion, daze, dazed state, unconsciousness, lethargy, inertness, limpness, apathy, inertia, numbness Stupor is a state of complete psychomotor inhibition with retention of consciousness. The patient …
Pensive 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 4 Pensive 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 4 /ˈpent.sɪv/ (adj) thinking deeply in a quiet manner, reflective, engaged in deep thought, thoughtful, contemplative, meditative, introspective, ruminative, preoccupied, lost in thought, brooding, pondering, absorbed Sitting among them as they gawked over the arousing scenes, a flood …
Leave No Stone Unturned 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 3 Leave No Stone Unturned 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 3 to try one’s best, do one’s best, make every effort, give it one’s best shot, endeavor, do all you can, do one’s utmost, move heaven and earth, try everything, stop at …
Refute 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 3 Refute 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 3 /rɪˈfjuːt/ (verb) to prove that a person, statement or opinion is wrong or false, disprove, prove wrong, prove false, deny, denounce, controvert, rebut, debunk, discredit, invalidate, contest, counter, repudiate, negate, contradict While these scientists and philosophers recognized …
Hirsute 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 3 Hirsute 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 3 /ˈhɜː.sjuːt/ US /ˈhɝː.suːt/ (adj) having a lot of hair, hairy, bushy, hair-covered, wooly, furry, bearded, unshaven, long-haired, shaggy, unshorn Hirsutism or the condition of having a hirsute face or body, is a condition in women that results …
Gaunt 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 3 Gaunt 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 3 /gɔːnt/ US /gɑːnt/ (adj) extremely thin and underweight because of starvation or disease, emaciated, haggard, lean, skinny, bony, as thin as a rake, hollow-cheeked, skin and bone, cadaverous, wasted, unattractive, stark in outline and appearance, scrawny, skeletal …
Vivacious 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 3 Vivacious 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 3 /vɪˈveɪ.ʃəs/ (adj) attractive and enthusiastic, full of life, jaunty, energetic and lively, spirited, bubbly, ebullient, buoyant, light-hearted, merry, happy, jolly, cheerful, sunny, zestful, upbeat, vibrant, animated Do head for the centre. Marrakesh emerged from the dust of …
Raise Cain 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 2 Raise Cain 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 2 to cause trouble, make a fuss, create trouble, raise hell, create a disturbance, act wildly, foment, provoke Because they provide a non-pathologizing view of people, privileging their preferred self-descriptions. externalizing thinking and questioning embody an …
Debacle 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 2 Debacle 1100 Words You Need Week 35 Day 2 /deɪˈbɑː.kļ/ (noun) a complete failure, fiasco, an utter failure or disaster, catastrophe, mess, ruin, downfall, collapse, defeat, chaotic failure, tragedy, calamity, misfortune A financial crisis or debacle is any of a broad variety of situations in which …