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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Enunciate 1100 Words You Need Enunciate 1100 Words You Need /ɪˈnʌnt.si.eɪt/ (verb) to state or explain a plan clearly, stipulate, express, detail, spell out, put forward, clarify to pronounce or utter words clearly, verbalize, vocalize, speak clearly, voice, vocalize, articulate For listeners, one of the most irritating speech habits is a speaker that doesn’t enunciate …
Pedagogue 1100 Words You Need Pedagogue 1100 Words You Need /ˈped.ə.gɒg/ (noun) a strict teacher who is not interesting, teacher, instructor, tutor, educator, schoolteacher, lecturer, pedantic teacher “SHOUTS, SCREAMS, THREATS, curses, and stamping… and on special occasions even the crashing of furniture.” This is how famed American pianist and pedagogue Gary Graffman — and a host of …
On the Qui Vive On the Qui Vive Definition on the alert or lookout, alert and vigilant, circumspect, watchful, on your guard, attentive, observant, wary, cautious, aware, heedful Example At its root, the phrase “Qui Vive?” has always been a sentry’s challenge — basically asking the question, “Whose side are you on?” to those approaching …
Neurotic 1100 Words You Need Neurotic 1100 Words You Need /njʊəˈrɒt.ɪk/ (adj & noun) Adjective: behaving anxiously because of a mental disease, irascible, agitated, irritated, affected by neurosis, overanxious or obsessive, anxious, fearful, phobic, hung up, disturbed, fixated, irrational Noun: someone affected by neurosis, pessimist, worrier, fusspot Lots of people feel anxious from time to …
Mortality 1100 Words You Need Mortality 1100 Words You Need /mɔːˈtæl.ə.ti/ (noun) the condition of not being able to live forever, humanity, transience, impermanence, death, certainty to die the number of deaths in a particular place and in a particular period of time, death toll, death rate, fatality rate, fatalities, loss of life Worldwide, life …
Phenomenon 1100 Words You Need Phenomenon 1100 Words You Need /fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/ (noun) Definition unusual occurrence, an interesting existence, something that is notable and out of the ordinary, happening, incident, miracle, marvel, wonder a really successful person, an extraordinary person, prodigy, genius, bright star Example So let’s take a whirl through some of the most incredible, …
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 — …