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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Myriad 1100 Words You Need Myriad 1100 Words You Need /ˈmɪr.i.əd/ (adj & noun) Noun: a large number of something, large quantity, vast number, multitude, mass, host, crowd, variety Adjective: numerous, countless, innumerable, many, manifold, plentiful, copious Ten alleged members of the notorious Brick Squad gang have been charged in a lengthy 48-count indictment that …
Veneer 1100 Words You Need Veneer 1100 Words You Need /vəˈnɪəʳ/ (noun & verb) a think layer of plastic or wood that is used to cover the defects of something else, thin covering, covering, facing, surface, coating, layer, upholstery any decorative thing that is used to hide something unpleasant, outer appearance, façade, guise, mask Verb: …
Under the Wire 1100 Words Under the Wire 1100 Words at the last possible opportunity, just in time, at the last moment: I was shocked that they finally reached an agreement under the wire after weeks of squabbling. She always turned her term papers in under the wire. We don’t worry about death until it …
Innate 1100 Words You Need Innate 1100 Words You Need /ɪˈneɪt/ (adj) an innate quality or ability is one that you are born with and you don’t learn it from the environment, inborn, distinctive, native, characteristic, essential, natural, inherent, instinctive, internal: In addition to this language processing part of the brain we also know that …
Spontaneous 1100 Words You Need Spontaneous 1100 Words You Need /spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs/ (adj) happening naturally and without previous planning, ad hoc, impulsive, impetuous, unplanned, arising from internal cause, spur-of-the moment, unprompted, unstructured, extemporaneous, instinctive, unrehearsed, unconstrained: A spontaneous reaction is a reaction that favors the formation of products at the conditions under which the reaction is …
Accommodate 1100 Words You Need Accommodate 1100 Words You Need /əˈkɒm.ə.deɪt/ (verb) to contain and have capacity for, be big enough for, hold, have room for to provide enough room or space for someone or something, house, lodge, provide accommodations, provide lodgings to adjust yourself to other people’s opinions that are different from yours, adapt, get used to, become accustomed to, familiarize, acclimate Passengers are to travel …
Modify 1100 Words You Need Modify 1100 Words You Need /ˈmɒd.ɪ.faɪ/ (verb) to make small changes to something to improve its quality or make it better, adjust, amend, refine, adapt, vary, alter, refashion, transform, revise, proofread (grammar) to describe a word by limiting or excluding the range of its meanings, affect word’s meaning, restrict, lessen, …
Abortive 1100 Words You Need Abortive 1100 Words You Need /əˈbɔː.tɪv/ (adj) describing an attempt or a plan that fails and brings no good result, fruitless, in vain, unsuccessful, failed, futile, unproductive: Already on the night of the abortive coup Erdoğan called it a “blessing of God,” seeing it as an opportunity to attack the …
A Chip off the Old Block A Chip off the Old Block a child who is very similar to their parents in character or appearance, spitting image, younger version, clone, mirror image, living image, replica, a child resembling their parents: Jenny’s a real chip off the old block. She must have been very close to …
Enigma 1100 Words You Need Enigma 1100 Words You Need /ɪˈnɪg.mə/ (noun) something that is difficult to understand and very mysterious, puzzle, dilemma, paradox, mystery, problem, predicament, riddle, perplexity: By tracing Dameron’s career, one finds that until 1958, when he was incarcerated for drug related offenses, he was at the forefront of developments in jazz, …