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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Inveterate 1100 Words You Need Inveterate 1100 Words You Need to Know Week 27 Day 4 with definition, example, synonyms, antonyms, illustration and flashcard for IELTS /ɪnˈvet.ər.ət/ (adj) fixed in a habit or practice, particularly a bad and notorious one, habitual, firmly established and of long standing, hardened, chronic, confirmed, ingrained, deep-rooted, deep-seated, entrenched, diehard, …
Pungent 1100 Words You Need Pungent 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 4 /ˈpʌn.dʒənt/ (adj) (of a smell or taste) very strong and intense, bitter and powerfully sharp, spicy, hot, overpowering, sharp-tasting, stimulating, caustic, forceful, biting, acerbic, trenchant, piercing Pungent coffees are generally characterized by powerful chili or pepper infused aromas and flavor tones. …
Humility 1100 Words You Need Humility 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 4 /hjuːˈmɪl.ɪ.ti/ (noun) the state of not being proud or arrogant, meekness, humbleness, modesty, respectfulness, self-effacement, unpretentiousness, shyness Everybody makes mistakes but not everyone is willing to admit their mistake or even say that they were wrong. It really takes guts and …
Egotist 1100 Words You Need Egotist 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 4 /’ē-gə-ˌtist/ (noun) a proud and arrogant person who thinks he/she is better or more important than others, complacent person, conceited person, selfish person, egomaniac, individualist, narcissist, boaster, show-off, egoist, self-seeker, megalomaniac person Friends can be the greatest—except when they’re not. Being …
Bring Down the House 1100 Words You Need Bring Down the House 1100 Words You Need Week 27 to win the enthusiastic approval of the audience, to cause great enthusiasm, to entertain and amuse people, to make people laugh and have a good time Since leaving a white-collar marketing job in 1992, Dave Ruch has …
Retrospect 1100 Words You Need Retrospect 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 3 /ˈret.rəʊ.spekt/ (noun) thinking about the past, looking backward, the remembering of the past events, recollection, survey, remembrance, review, reconsideration “As a father, I had one thing to do and I failed,” he says, his voice faltering for the first time. “My …
Voluminous 1100 Words You Need Voluminous 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 3 /vəˈluː.mɪ.nəs/ (adj) massive and huge, spacious, very large, big, roomy, capacious, ample, baggy, long and detailed, lengthy, colossal, commodious One reason Kim was able to provide so much detail and depth from his voluminous memory was that he could speed-read anything …
Besmirch 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 3 Besmirch 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 3 /bɪˈsmɜːtʃ/ (verb) to say bad things about someone to destroy their reputation, scandalize, libel, defame, stain, sully, tarnish, damage, slander, drag through the mud, make dirty “The only reward that he feels like that he has received …
Vitriolic 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 3 Vitriolic 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 3 /ˌvɪt.riˈɒl.ɪk/ (adj) caustic and incisive, expressing bitter hatred, contempt, venomous, hurtful, spiteful, cruel, acerbic, cruel, malicious, rancorous, sarcastic, vicious, like metallic sulfur Chapter 3 presents one of the most inane defenses of the subject that I have …
Loaded for Bear 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 2 Loaded for Bear 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 2 being well-prepared and ready for something, fully prepared for a confrontation or challenge, armed, equipped When American hunters of past centuries feared an encounter with the brown bear, they would make sure they …