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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Apple Polishing 1100 Words Apple Polishing 1100 Words seeking someone’s favor by flattery or gifts, ass-kissing, backscratching, brown-nosing, cringing, fawning, groveling, handshaking, ingratiation, insinuation, obeisance, obsequiousness, parasitism, prostration, sponging, sycophancy, timeserving, toadying, toadyism, truckling “If apple polishing the shrewd professor has got you where you are today, how much more simple to apple polish a …
Recondite 1100 Words You Need Recondite 1100 Words You Need /ˈrek.ən.daɪt/ (adj) not know by many people and difficult to understand, unfamiliar, unknown, mysterious, subtle, understood only by experts, obscure, abstruse, complex, little known, esoteric, hidden, concealed, covert, cryptic This group of narratives has been accorded special attention by Borges scholars, whose expert exegeses are …
Cumulative 1100 Words You Need Cumulative 1100 Words You Need /ˈkjuː.mjʊ.lə.tɪv/ (adj) getting bigger and bigger by adding some additional parts to the whole, increasing by one addition after another, snowballing, swelling, growing, accumulative, collective, aggregate, amassed Cumulative effects, also referred to as cumulative environmental effects and cumulative impacts, can be defined as changes to …
Potential 1100 Words You Need Potential 1100 Words You Need /pəʊˈten.tʃəl/ (adj & noun) Adjective: possible and likely to happen when all the necessary conditions exist, hypothetical, conceivable, thinkable, imaginable, probable Noun: someone’s or something’s chance or ability to thrive and succeed, ability, capacity, possibility, likelihood, capability, aptitude Common types of potential energy include the …
Indifference 1100 Words You Need Indifference 1100 Words You Need /ɪnˈdɪf.ər.ənts/ (noun) lack of interest in something, apathy, coldness, coolness, unconcern, disinterest lack of importance or significance, meaninglessness, irrelevance, triviality, insignificance This emotional vampirism is why narcissists are dramamongers. Most targets miss that they feed on positive emotions too — that’s why love bombing and …
Escalation 1100 Words You Need Escalation 1100 Words You Need /ˌes.kəˈleɪ.ʃən/ (noun) an increase in something, rise, growth, boom, sudden increase, intensification, acceleration, climb At The Hotline, we often hear from survivors who are astonished at the level the abuse has just reached in their relationship. Something finally happened that made them feel scared for …
In Apple Pie Order 1100 Words In Apple Pie Order 1100 Words in order, neat and tidy, organized, spick-and-span Being neat and tidy is not just a matter of setting things in apple pie order. It’s a reflection of habits, routines and mindsets. When you’re busy and bogged down with work, sometimes your living space …
Appellation 1100 Words You Need Appellation 1100 Words You Need /ˌæp.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ (noun) someone’s name or title, epithet, nickname, description, handle, name, tag Under the heading ‘Mussolini’ in the volume Fascisti immaginari, two right leaning journalists, Luciano Lanna and Filippo Rossi, thus summarize some of the ‘positive’ appellations attributed to the ‘Duce of Fascism’, Benito Mussolini, both …
Demur 1100 Words You Need Demur 1100 Words You Need /dɪˈmɜːʳ/ (noun & verb) Verb: to show disapproval or disagreement to do something, express refusal to do something, object something, show reluctance, balk, protest, raise objection, express doubts, doubt, hesitate, disagree Noun: hesitation, doubt, objection, complaint, disagreement A demurrer is a pleading in a lawsuit …
Connubial 1100 Words You Need Connubial 1100 Words You Need /kəˈnjuː.bi.əl/ (adj) related to marriage, conjugal, marital, matrimonial, connected with marriage, nuptial, married, wedded For a successful marriage, to benefit those who are going to get married and also for those who are already living a married life. How to live a happy married life: …