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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Diatribe 1100 Words You Need Diatribe 1100 Words You Need /ˈdaɪ.ə.traɪb/ (noun) an angry speech or piece of writing which severely criticizes something or someone, invective, tirade, attack, denunciation, harangue, criticism, discourse, rant: On the one hand, it is somewhat premature to begin to speak about the tone of the diatribe, since much still remains …
Windfall 1100 Words You Need Windfall 1100 Words You Need /ˈwɪnd.fɔːl/ (noun) an amount of money that you win or receive from someone unexpectedly, money obtained unexpectedly, something that is blown down by wind, bonus, handout, bonanza, payout, dividend, win: A windfall gain or windfall profit is any type of unusually high or abundant income that is sudden and/or unexpected. Investors …
Quip 1100 Words You Need Quip 1100 Words You Need /kwɪp/ (noun & verb) an amusing and clever remark, humor, witticism, joke, jibe, wisecrack, pun, bon mot – to jest, to joke, to retort, kid: Sarcasm is an underrated art form. It takes plenty of smart power to create a hilarious sarcastic comeback or quip …
Lurid 1100 Words You Need Lurid 1100 Words You Need /ˈljʊə.rɪd/ (adj) 1. too brightly colored, gaudy, pale, wan, loud, garish, striking, colorful: That’s a very lurid shade of lipstick she’s wearing. 2. (especially of a description) shocking because involving violence, sex or immoral activity, outrageous, explicit, sensational, vivid: Responding to the article, Ian Wright, …
Obviate 1100 Words You Need Obviate 1100 Words You Need /ˈɒb.vi.eɪt/ (verb) to remove a difficulty, especially so that action to deal with it becomes unnecessary, do away with, avoid, preclude, forestall, prevent, avert, thwart, ward off, fend off: During this stage, it is of very great importance not only to obviate costiveness, but to …
Conjecture 1100 Words You Need Conjecture 1100 Words You Need /kənˈdʒek.tʃəʳ/ (noun & verb) Conjecture definition (the forming of) a guess about something based on how it seems and not on proof, guesswork, estimation, inference, speculation, surmise, assumption, supposition – to guess based on the appearance of a situation and not on proof, estimate, imagine, …
Rash 1100 Words You Need Rash 1100 Words You Need /ræʃ/ (adj & noun) careless or unwise, without thought for what might happen or result, lax, thoughtless and impetuous, impulsive, hasty, reckless, foolish, imprudent, precipitous, brash, insensible – skin eruption, an outbreak on the surface of the skin that is often reddish and itchy, flush, …
Sow One’s Wild Oats 1100 Words Sow One’s Wild Oats 1100 Words (of a man) to manage to have sexual relationships with so many women, especially while he is young, to lead a wild and carefree life: There is a saying: “If you sow wild oats for six days, pray for crop failure on day …
Sporadic 1100 Words You Need Sporadic 1100 Words You Need /spəˈræd.ɪk/ (adj) happening irregularly; not regular or continuous, periodic, intermittent, infrequent, spontaneous, patchy, erratic, random: sporadic gunfire a sporadic electricity supply More than 100 people have been killed this year in sporadic outbursts of ethnic violence. Millions of voters across swathes of southern India cast …
Lax 1100 Words You Need Lax 1100 Words You Need /læks/ (adj) lacking care, attention or control; not severe, strict or strong enough, reckless, careless, tolerant, permissive, negligent, slack, nonjudgmental, relaxed: He took a gun through baggage control to highlight the lax security. The subcommittee contends that the authorities were lax in investigating most of …