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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Coup 1100 Words You Need Coup 1100 Words You Need /kuː/ (noun) a sudden and violent attempt by the people or army to take control of the government, seizure of political power, uprising, coup d’état, overthrow, revolution, rebellion, upheaval, takeover a successful action or crowning achievement, an unexpectedly successful achievement, feather in someone’s nest, accomplishment, …
Legion 1100 Words You Need Legion 1100 Words You Need /ˈliː.dʒən/ (adj & noun) Noun: a large number of people, soldiers, etc., troops, a large body of soldiers, multitude, host, team, crowd, mass, group, throng, band, gang Adjective: very many, manifold, plentiful, abundant, abounding, copious The Pro football Hall of Fame, located in Canton, brings …
Strife 1100 Words You Need Strife 1100 Words You Need /straɪf/ (noun) a bitter conflict or disagreement among people or groups, discord, dispute, debate, argument, trouble, contention, fighting, brawl, friction, rivalry: Nations are often based on ethnicity, but ethnicity itself is a mystery, or it should be. Ethnicity is the notion that a certain group …
Profligate 1100 Words You Need Profligate 1100 Words You Need /ˈprɒf.lɪ.gət/ (adj) extremely wasteful with money, extravagant, reckless, squandering, too generous behaving in an immoral way, low with morals, uncouth, immoral, wicked, dissolute In reference to the urgent challenge of climate change, he says, “Human activity has become so great that our profligate use of …
Megalomania 1100 Words You Need Megalomania 1100 Words You Need /ˌmeg.əl.əˈmeɪ.ni.ə/ (noun) a mental illness or disorder in which the person wants to have maximum power and authority for themselves and be able to control others excessively, greed for power, psychiatric disorder with delusions of power, power lust, overbearingness, tyranny, totalitarianism, autocracy, despotism, narcissism: Megalomania …
Wink At 1100 Words Wink At 1100 Words to pretend not to notice something illegal and bad to indicate that you indirectly approve of it, ignore, to pretend not to notice a wrongdoing or offense, miss, forget, overlook, disregard, condone, let pass, excuse, forgive, turn a blind eye to As, in the employment of children, …
Barometer 1100 Words You Need Barometer 1100 Words You Need /bəˈrɒm.ɪ.təʳ/ (noun) an instrument to measure the changes in air pressure or sea level, weatherglass, indicator, measurement, barograph, gauge something that shows any changes in a specific situation, change indicator, indicator of mood A barometer is a scientific instrument that is used to measure air …
Conjugal 1100 Words You Need Conjugal 1100 Words You Need /ˈkɒn.dʒʊ.gəl/ (adj) related to marriage and married life, matrimonial, marital, married, wedded, connubial: By its very nature, conjugal love requires the inviolable fidelity of the spouses. This is the consequence of the gift of themselves which they make to each other. Love seeks to be …
Peregrination 1100 Words You Need /ˌper.ə.grɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ (noun) Definition a long journey or voyage, traversing, passage, excursion, expedition, pilgrimage, safari, long trip: Example “Please allow me one request. Your story ‘The Old Maid’s Secret’ touched and delighted me as have few others that I have read, and as I prepare to embark on a peregrination from …
Itinerant 1100 Words You Need Itinerant 1100 Words You Need /aɪˈtɪn.ər.ənt/ (adj & noun) traveling or moving from one place to another, nomadic, roaming, moving, commuting, wandering: In the 1930s, itinerant workers were not treated well at all. They had very poor living conditions, and would often get sick since they lived with so many …