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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Distaff Side 1100 Words /ˈdɪstɑ:f/ – saɪd/ (noun & idiom) the female side of a family, the female members of a group, women’s side of a family, mother’s side of a family, womanly, feminine During Atticus’s closing remarks of the Tom Robinson trial, Atticus brings up Thomas Jefferson’s quote regarding equality among all men and …
Maladjusted 1100 Words You Need Maladjusted 1100 Words You Need /ˌmæl.əˈdʒʌs.tɪd/ (adj) behaving awkwardly in social settings, (of children) having difficulties communicating with other people and children, disturbed, neurotic, unstable, confused, alienated, estranged, spoiled Maladjustment is a term used in psychology to refer the “inability to react successfully and satisfactorily to the demand of one’s …
Perspicacious 1100 Words You Need Perspicacious 1100 Words You Need /ˌpɜː.spɪˈkeɪ.ʃəs/ (adj) quick in noticing and understanding things accurately, perceptive, astute, insightful, wise, sagacious, smart, clear-sighted, highbrow, sharp, shrewd, ingenious A born naturalist (“She even collected owl pellets. And she took them apart”), Kimmy eagerly shares her knowledge about dinosaurs and fossils on a trip …
Gamut 1100 Words You Need Gamut 1100 Words You Need /’ga-mət/ (noun) the complete scope or range of something, spectrum, span, full range of something, scale, length, extent, breadth, array complete range of musical notes When my husband was here on this Earth plane, he allowed me to express the gamut of my emotions — …
Draconian 1100 Words You Need /drəˈkəʊ.ni.ən/ (adj) Definition very strict and harsh, unjustly harsh and severe, describes laws, government actions, etc. which are unreasonably severe; going beyond what is right or necessary, strong, ruthless, austere Example Draconian laws are codes of laws prepared by Draco, the celebrated lawgiver of Athens, that, by modern standards, are …
Acknowledge 1100 Words You Need Acknowledge 1100 Words You Need /əkˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/ (verb) to accept or embrace the truth or existence of something, admit, recognize, show awareness of something, admit something, recognize the importance of something, allow, grant, confess show appreciation of something, appreciate, admire, praise, thank show that you’ve received something, respond, react, reply greet, …
Chimerical 1100 Words You Need Chimerical 1100 Words You Need /kaɪˈmer.ɪ.kəl/ (adj) Watch this video on YouTube having no external reality, imaginary, relating to fantasy, whimsical, unreal, deceptive, misleading, specious, illusory Impossible or forbidden colors aren’t the only colors the brain can see although the eye cannot produce them from the visible spectrum. For example, …
Prelude 1100 Words You Need Prelude 1100 Words You Need /ˈprel.juːd/ (noun & verb) Watch this video on YouTube a short piece of music that introduces the main work, introductory piece of music, free-standing piece of music, overture, prologue an introduction to something, preface, foreword, introductory event or occurrence, run-up The Prelude or, Growth of …
Delude 1100 Words You Need Delude 1100 Words You Need /dɪˈluːd/ (verb) Watch this video on YouTube to make someone believe something that is not true, deceive, guile, mislead, cheat, con, fool, trick, dupe, pull the wool over someone’s eyes They’re not necessarily more unhappy because they secretly know the truth. Here’s an example: somebody …
Palliate 1100 Words You Need Palliate 1100 Words You Need /’pa-lē-ˌāt/ (verb) Watch this video on YouTube to alleviate the symptoms of a disease without curing it, mitigate the intensity of something, make better, cure, treat, soothe, pacify, relieve, remedy, ameliorate To palliate is to relieve the symptoms and suffering caused by cancer and other …