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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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 …
Integral 1100 Words You Need Integral 1100 Words You Need /ˈɪn.tɪ.grəl/ (adj) necessary and important as a part of, or contained within, a whole, essential, vital, fundamental, primary, central, rudimentary, inherent: I can’t give you the “10 guaranteed steps to a winning first chapter.” What I can do is highlight the three integral components found in almost …
Placard 1100 Words You Need Placard 1100 Words You Need /ˈplæk.ɑːd/ (noun) a large piece of card, paper, etc. with a message written or printed on it, often carried in public places by people who are complaining about something, notice displayed in public, poster, sign, board, broadside, billboard: Girl holding a placard on a demonstration …
Prestigious 1100 Words You Need Prestigious 1100 Words You Need /presˈtɪdʒ.əs/ (adj) greatly respected and admired, usually because of being important, admirable, significant, paramount, impressive, high-status, prominent, esteemed, celebrated, exalted, influential, notable, respectable: Among film festivals, Cannes is the giant. The Palme d’Or is its most prestigious prize, and it’s the most widely coveted on …
Wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve Wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve to reveal your true feelings evidently, show your feelings, put one’s cards on the table, lay one’s cards on the table: With Maurine it hadn’t been any way she had dressed, though; and back then girls scarcely wore any make-up, only a little …
Ilk 1100 Words You Need Ilk 1100 Words You Need /ɪlk/ (noun) a particular type, kind, class, sort, like, genre, breed, manner, character, variety: John, 3rd Earl of Athol, who succeeded his father in the year 1513, was married to Grizel Rattray, daughter of Sir John Rattray of that Ilk. The worst of her criticism …
Incoherent 1100 Words You Need Incoherent 1100 Words You Need /ˌɪn.kəʊˈhɪə.rənt/ (adj) expressing yourself unclearly, expressed unclearly, especially with words or ideas that are joined together badly, disjointed, jumbled, illogical, insensible, all over the place, inarticulate, unintelligible, garbled, incomprehensible, mumbled, slurred: The concept of thought disorder has been criticized as being based on circular or …
Inhibition 1100 Words You Need Inhibition 1100 Words You Need /ˌɪn.hɪˈbɪʃ.ən/ (noun) a feeling of embarrassment or worry that prevents you from saying or doing what you want, shyness, embarrassment, self-consciousness, reticence, reserve: Social inhibition is a conscious or subconscious avoidance of a situation or social interaction. With a high level of social inhibition, situations are avoided because of the possibility …