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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Truncated 1100 Words You Need Truncated 1100 Words You Need /trʌŋˈkeɪ.tɪd/ (adj) shortened or cut short, abridged, concise, summarized, edited, corrected, revised, amended, rewritten: A truncated spur is a spur, which is a ridge that descends towards a valley floor or coastline from a higher elevation, that ends in an inverted-V face and was produced by the erosional …
Timorous 1100 Words You Need Timorous 1100 Words You Need /ˈtɪm.ər.əs/ (adj) nervous and lacking confidence; timid, fearful, frightened, scared, cowardly, shy, apprehensive, bashful, diffident, coy, reticent, faint-hearted, reserved: Watch this video on YouTube She was no helpless, timorous female. The indolent student answered his fastidious and strict teacher in a timorous and low voice. …
Save Face 1100 Words Save Face 1100 Words avoid humiliation or disgrace, to try to protect one’s reputation in the face of problems, avoid embarrassment: “Never take a person’s dignity: It’s worth everything to them, and nothing to you,” states Frank Barron, professor of psychology. Preserving one’s dignity is the implied meaning in the expression, “to …
Utopia 1100 Words You Need Utopia 1100 Words You Need /juːˈtəʊ.pi.ə/ (noun) (the idea of) a perfect society in which everyone works well with each other and is happy, ideal, paradise, never-never-land, heaven, dreamland, Shangri-la, seventh heaven, perfect place: The term “utopia” was coined 500 years ago. By conjoining the Greek adverb “ou” (“not”) and …
Schism 1100 Words You Need Schism 1100 Words You Need /ˈskɪz.əm/ (noun) Definition a division into two groups caused by a disagreement about ideas, especially in a religious organization, division in religious denomination, split, break, rupture, rift, breakup, faction: Example a schism in/within the Church The East–West Schism, also called the Great Schism and the Schism of 1054, was …
Anathema 1100 Words You Need Anathema 1100 Words You Need /əˈnæθ.ə.mə/ (noun) something which is greatly disliked or disapproved of, object of loathing, abhorrence, abomination, loathing, curse, denunciation, censure: Credit controls are anathema to the government. For older employees, the new system is an anathema. In the short time it has been in operation it …
Flamboyant 1100 Words You Need Flamboyant 1100 Words You Need /flæmˈbɔɪ.ənt/ (adj) very confident in behavior, or intended to be noticed, especially by being brightly colored, showy, impressive, colorful, loud, flashy, gaudy, lurid, ostentatious, outrageous, extravagant: Watch this video on YouTube a flamboyant gesture The writer’s flamboyant lifestyle was well known. His clothes were rather …
Expunge 1100 Words You Need Expunge 1100 Words You Need /ɪkˈspʌndʒ/ (verb) to rub off or remove information from a piece of writing, to cause something to be forgotten, wipe out, obliterate, obviate, censor, purge, erase, delete, rub out, cross out, edit out: Watch this video on YouTube His name has been expunged from the …
Wash Dirty Linen in Public Wash Dirty Linen in Public to openly discuss something embarrassing in public, to discuss public affairs, spill the beans, reveal secret affairs, reveal personal and private matters openly, show one’s hand: The information on the schooling system confirmed an established pattern in the republic by which the authorities – at …
Remuneration 1100 Words You Need Remuneration 1100 Words You Need /rɪˌmjuː.nərˈeɪ.ʃən/ (noun) the pay you give someone for something they have done for you, salary, payment, income, fee, wage, compensation, recompense, pay, reward, reimbursement: Remuneration is the pay or other compensation provided in exchange for an employee’s services performed (not to be confused with giving (away), or donating, or the act …