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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Habitat 1100 Words You Need Habitat 1100 Words You Need /ˈhæb.ɪ.tæt/ (noun) the natural home or environment for special animals or plants species to grow well, territory, locale, surroundings, haunt, habitation: The term natural habitat refers to an environment occurring naturally in forests, wetlands, deserts, grasslands and the Arctic tundra, which supports a particular species …
Indigenous 1100 Words You Need Indigenous 1100 Words You Need /ɪnˈdɪdʒ.ɪ.nəs/ (adj) naturally living or existing in a particular place or habitat and not coming from outside, native, homegrown, original, ethnic, local: ‘Native’ or ‘indigenous’ refers to a species or race that occurs naturally in an area (for this review, the UK), i.e. whose dispersal …
Hear Something on the Grapevine Hear Something on the Grapevine to hear something indirectly because the information is spread from one person to another, path along with information spreads, rumor mill, bush telegraph, gossip: I heard it on the grapevine that the manager and his secretary had a love affair after office hours. The rumor …
Controversial 1100 Words You Need Controversial 1100 Words You Need /ˌkɒn.trəˈvɜː.ʃəl/ (adj) Controversial definition arousing disagreement or discussion, causing argument, argumentative, contentious, debatable, provocative, notorious, scandalous, hot, heated: Example Controversial essays have either be controversial speeches or controversial essays. The controversial topics are quite usually strong opinions on a certain topic. Whenever you choose to …
Epithet 1100 Words You Need Epithet 1100 Words You Need /ˈep.ɪ.θet/ (noun) descriptive word or label added to someone’s name to insult or praise them, adjective, appellation, nickname, description, label, handle: A girl’s name is Marilynn, but her parents call her Lynn. Her sister calls her Mary. And her friends call her Merry-go-round when she’s …
Asperity 1100 Words You Need Asperity 1100 Words You Need /əˈsper.ɪ.ti/ (noun) the state of being severe and harsh in the way you speak or behave, harshness and severity in manner and tone, toughness, sharpness, brusqueness, sternness, astringency, stringency: In his Preface he says: ‘If the asperity of the notes and criticisms of my adversaries …
Nomadic 1100 Words You Need Nomadic 1100 Words You Need /nəʊˈmæd.ɪk/ not living in one place and traveling all the time, itinerant, traveling, roaming, wandering, roving, drifting: It’s hard to put my childhood into a word. I guess I could call it “nomadic”- constantly moving around to a different area where the better opportunities were …
Paragon 1100 Words You Need Paragon 1100 Words You Need /ˈpær.ə.gən/ (noun) someone or something that is the best example of a particular quality or characteristic, example of excellence, model, epitome, archetype, shining example, paradigm, exemplar, ideal: I will tell you why. So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery, and your secrecy to the king …
Break the Ice 1100 Words Break the Ice 1100 Words to make it easier for people to get to know each other and make friends, make friends, get acquainted, introduce yourself, get the ball rolling, set the ball rolling, make the first move: WASHINGTON – President Bill Clinton said he and President George H.W. Bush …
Fetter 1100 Words You Need Fetter 1100 Words You Need /ˈfet.əʳ/ (noun & verb) Verb to limit someone’s freedom, prevent someone from doing what they really wish, restrain, constrain, impede, hamper, obstruct, thwart, preclude, confine to shackle someone with fetters, bind and tie someone especially a prisoner with chains, chain Noun: chain, shackle, yoke, handcuff …