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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Sumptuous 1100 Words You Need Sumptuous 1100 Words You Need /ˈsʌmp.tju.əs/ (adj) very luxurious and showing wealth and affluence, prestigious, magnificent and grand in appearance, splendid, too expensive, extravagant, lavish, profligate, superb, costly, opulent, spectacular The painting is grand in both scale (249×346 cm) and imagery, and depicts the sumptuous feast where Cleopatra outclassed her …
Dismantle 1100 Words You Need Dismantle 1100 Words You Need /dɪˈsmæn.tļ/ (verb) to take a machine apart or disassemble the different components of a machine, come apart into separate pieces, pull to pieces, pull to bits, rip to shreds, rip to pieces, take to pieces, break up, pull apart to gradually get rid of a …
Pecuniary 1100 Words You Need Pecuniary 1100 Words You Need /pɪˈkjuː.njər.i/ (adj) related to money and finances, financial, monetary, economic, commercial, fiscal, budgetary, involving financial penalty When you file a personal injury claim, the amount of money you will be awarded will be determined by several factors. These factors are defined as either pecuniary or …
Parsimonious 1100 Words You Need Parsimonious 1100 Words You Need /ˌpɑː.sɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/ (adj) extremely unwilling to spend money even on necessary things, too frugal, ungenerous, stingy, miserly, thrifty, tightfisted, mean, sparing, penny-pinching In addition to proposing alternative explanations for a given phenomenon, the goal of science is to develop parsimonious models that capture, explain, and predict …
It’s An ill Wind That Blows Nobody Good It’s An ill Wind That Blows Nobody Good someone who takes advantage of other people’s misfortunes, an opportunistic person, an unscrupulous and unprincipled person who benefits from other people’s misfortunes Watch this video on YouTube A sailing metaphor frequently invoked to explain good luck arising from the …
Mendacious 1100 Words You Need Mendacious 1100 Words You Need /menˈdeɪ.ʃəs/ (adj) not truthful, dishonest, false, unreliable, misleading, deceitful, lying, inaccurate, spurious, fallacious: The most virulent enemy of this colony, the most flagrant detractor of the resources of this colony, had never ventured to make a mendacious statement as that—a statement which was absolutely untrue. …
Fiat 1100 Words You Need Fiat 1100 Words You Need /ˈfiː.æt/ (noun) an official order given by a person who’s in authority or power, official authorization, official sanction, order, command, decree, instruction, directive: We have now entered into a strange twilight zone where ego trumps justice, propaganda perverts truth, and imperial presidents—empowered to indulge their …
Expatriate 1100 Words You Need Expatriate 1100 Words You Need /ekˈspæt.ri.ət/ (adj, noun & verb) Noun: someone who does not live in his own country, someone without citizenship, someone who has moved abroad, emigrant, tax exile, colonial, deportee, refugee, exile, émigré Adjective: related to expatriates, foreign, overseas, colonial Verb: expel, extradite, banish, exile, oust An …
Amnesty 1100 Words You Need Amnesty 1100 Words You Need /ˈæm.nɪ.sti/ (noun) a general pardon especially for those who have committed political crimes, general forgiveness, pardon, retrieve, remission, absolution, exoneration: About 8 million migrants work in Saudi Arabia, but enjoy very few human rights. These migrants greatly contribute to the economic success and stability of …
Play Possum 1100 Words Play Possum 1100 Words /pleɪ – ˈpɑːsəm/ to pretend to be dead or asleep so that someone or a dangerous animal will not kill, eat or hurt you, feign unconsciousness or death, feign ignorance, act apparent death: Apparent death, colloquially known as playing dead, feigning death, or playing possum, is a …