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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Ostensible 1100 Words You Need Ostensible 1100 Words You Need Week 31 Day 1 with authentic materials and examples, synonyms, antonyms, illustrated flashcards and text-to-speech for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS /ɒsˈtent.sɪ.bļ/ (adj) pretending to be something which is not true, apparent, seeming, professed, supposed, perceived, alleged, superficial In the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, …
Prudent 1100 Words You Need Prudent 1100 Words You Need Week 31 Day 1 with authentic materials and examples, synonyms, antonyms, illustrated flashcards and text-to-speech for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS /ˈpruː.dənt/ (adj) careful and cautious, avoiding risks and uncertainties, judicious, carefully considering consequence, careful in managing resources, wise, practical, sensible, shrewd, farsighted, discreet, pragmatic If …
Heresy 1100 Words You Need Heresy 1100 Words You Need Week 31 Day 1 with authentic materials and examples, synonyms, antonyms, illustrated flashcards and text-to-speech for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS /ˈher.ə.si/ (noun) a manifest opposition to a well-established opinion or religious belief, unorthodox religious opinion or belief, dissent, unorthodoxy, deviation, profanation, sacrilege, heterodoxy That the …
Achilles Heel 1100 Words You Need Achilles Heel 1100 Words You Need Week 30 Day 4 with authentic materials and examples, synonyms, antonyms, illustrated flashcards and text-to-speech for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS /əˌkɪl.iːzˈhɪəl/ (noun) a weak point or fault in a person or system, weakness, foible, flaw, failing, weak spot, fatal weakness, vulnerable point, vulnerability …
Charlatan 1100 Words You Need Charlatan 1100 Words You Need Week 30 Day 4 with authentic materials, synonyms, antonyms, illustrated flashcards and text-to-speech for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS /ˈʃɑː.lə.tən/ (noun) someone who pretends to have special skills, false expert, imposer, fake, fraud, swindler, quack, counterfeit, pretender, con artist, sham Any and all of these events …
Decorum 1100 Words You Need Decorum 1100 Words You Need Week 30 Day 4 with authentic materials, text-to-speech, synonyms, antonyms & illustrated flashcards for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS /dɪˈkɔː.rəm/ (noun) polished, controlled and polite behavior, politeness, courtesy, dignity and good taste in sync with a specific occasion, good behavior, modesty, propriety, proper conduct, sedateness, appropriateness, …
Rustic 1100 Words You Need Rustic 1100 Words You Need Week 30 Day 4 with authentic materials, text-to-speech, synonyms and antonyms and illustrated flashcards for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS /ˈrʌs.tɪk/ (adj) simple and meager typical of the countryside, simple and rough, rural, plain and simple, pastoral When Dwell visited in late June, snow still capped …
Wheedle 1100 Words You Need Wheedle 1100 Words You Need Week 30 Day 4 with authentic materials, illustrated flashcards, synonyms, antonyms and text-to-speech for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS /ˈwiː.dļ/ (verb) to try to persuade someone to do something through flattery or deception, coax, cajole, tempt, inveigle, charm, obtain, extract, galvanize, exhort “Run, run, as fast …
In the Lap of the Gods 1100 Words In the Lap of the Gods 1100 Words You Need Week 30 Day 3 with authentic materials, synonyms, antonyms and illustrated flashcards for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS a situation that cannot be controlled and totally depends on luck, open to chance, out of one’s hands, beyond one’s …
Precedent 1100 Words You Need Precedent 1100 Words You Need Week 30 Day 3 with authentic materials, illustrated flashcards and text-to-speech for IELTS, GRE & TOEFL /ˈpres.ɪ.dənt/ (noun) a model or example for later decisions or actions, established example or model, pattern, instance, guide, practice, standard, frame or reference There are precedents for such executive …