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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Plight 1100 Words You Need Plight 1100 Words You Need /plaɪt/ (noun & verb) Noun: a difficult and critical situation, uncomfortable condition, hardship, predicament, dilemma, trouble, difficulty Verb: make a vow, make a formal pledge, promise, swear, guarantee, give your word Drawing and essay competitions have been devised for children on the theme “My family”, …
Juxtapose 1100 Words You Need Juxtapose 1100 Words You Need /ˌdʒʌk.stəˈpəʊz/ (verb) to put things that are not similar next to each other sometimes to make a comparison, compare and contrast, put side by side, put next to, put together, contrast, put adjacent to, compare, place alongside Although personality is theoretically composed of multiple facets …
Like Caesar’s Wife 1100 Words Like Caesar’s Wife 1100 Words above suspicion, sacred cow, with impunity, unquestionable Pompeia, the wife of Julius Caesar. When it was suggested that she was having an extramarital affair, Caesar divorced her saying that, although he knew nothing of the affair, ‘Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion. Source: https://www.oxfordreference.com Antonym: …
Nirvana 1100 Words You Need Nirvana 1100 Words You Need /nɪəˈvɑː.nə/ (noun) freedom from all suffering by overlooking all personal desires especially in Buddhism, spiritual enlightenment, state of grace a state of perfection, enjoyable experience, bliss, joy, paradise, seventh heaven Nirvana is the goal of the Buddhist path. The literal meaning of the term is …
Nurture 1100 Words You Need Nurture 1100 Words You Need /ˈnɜː.tʃəʳ/ (noun & verb) Verb to give food to someone and take care of him so that they can develop and grow, take care of young thing, feed, nourish, look after, raise, rear, foster to help and support a plan or person to develop and …
Materialism 1100 Words You Need Materialism 1100 Words You Need /məˈtɪə.ri.ə.lɪ.zəm/ (noun) an obsession with material things and ignoring the spiritual dimension of life, greed, greediness, acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness Materialism is a form of philosophical monism that holds that matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and that all things, including mental states …
Salvation 1100 Words You Need Salvation 1100 Words You Need /sælˈveɪ.ʃən/ (noun) being saved from loss, danger or harm, redemption, deliverance from ruin, deliverance, rescue, recovery, escape (in Christianity) the state of being saved from evil and its effects by the death of Jesus Christ on a cross In case you were curious, the popular …
The fat is in the fire The fat is in the fire something has happened that will certainly cause trouble, the mischief is done, something troublesome has happened, smell a rat, big trouble, said when something has been said or done that will cause a lot of trouble A course of action with inevitable bad …
Metamorphosis 1100 Words You Need Metamorphosis 1100 Words You Need /ˌmet.əˈmɔː.fəʊz/ change of physical form that takes place gradually, change of appearance or character, transformation, change, alteration, mutation, transmutation, conversation, transfiguration, transformed person or thing The butterfly and moth develop through a process called metamorphosis. This is a Greek word that means transformation or change …
Disciple 1100 Words You Need Disciple 1100 Words You Need /dɪˈsaɪ.pļ/ (noun) the follower of a famous person, belief or idea, original follower of Jesus Christ, believer, supporter, devotee, partisan, adherent, learner, fan, buff, enthusiast, proponent In Christian theology, apostles, particularly the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Twelve Disciples or simply the Twelve), were …