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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Besiege 1100 Words You Need Besiege 1100 Words You Need /bɪˈsiːdʒ/ (verb) to surround a place, especially with an army, to prevent people or supplies getting in or out, engulf, lay siege to, siege, encircle, blockade, overwhelm: The town had been besieged for two months but still resisted the aggressors. When the pop star tried…
Afflict 1100 Words You Need Afflict 1100 Words You Need /əˈflɪkt/ (verb) If a problem or illness afflicts a person or thing, they suffer from it, cause distress, trouble, bother, affect, worry, upset, irritate, vex, distress, make someone suffer from something: It is an illness which afflicts women more than men. a country afflicted by…
Malnutrition 1100 Words You Need Malnutrition 1100 Words You Need /ˌmæl.njuːˈtrɪ.ʃən/ (noun) physical weakness and bad health caused by a lack of food, or by a lack of the types of food necessary for good health, undernourishment, malnourishment, underfeeding, starvation, famine, hunger: Many of the refugees are suffering from severe malnutrition. French: malnutrition Farsi: سوء…
Sour Grapes 1100 Words Sour Grapes 1100 Words If you describe someone’s attitude as sour grapes, you mean that they are angry because they have not got or achieved something that they wanted, the scornful denial that something is attractive or desirable because it is unobtainable, affected scorn, resentment, jealousy, bitterness, ill feeling, envy, ill…
Ascend 1100 Words You Need Ascend 1100 Words You Need /əˈsend/ (veb) to rise to a position of higher rank, go up, soar, climb, arise, come up, mount, move upward: He eventually ascended to the position of chief executive. antonym: descend adj: ascending Fre: monter Fa: بالا رفتن
Sanctuary 1100 Words You Need Sanctuary 1100 Words You Need /ˈsæŋk.tʃʊə.ri/ (noun) protection or a safe place, especially for someone or something being chased or hunted, safety, asylum, safe house, haven, refuge, nature preserve, nature reserve, immunity: Illegal immigrants found/sought/took sanctuary in a local church. The chapel became a sanctuary for the refugees. a wildlife/bird…
Tranquil 1100 Words You Need Tranquil 1100 Words You Need /ˈtræŋ.kwɪl/ (adj) calm and peaceful and without noise, violence, anxiety, etc., peaceful, serene, still, relaxing, quiet, restful, soothing, unperturbed, self-possessed, unworried, placid: She stared at the tranquil surface of the water. The hotel is in a tranquil rural setting. A spasm of pain crossed his…
Surge 1100 Words You Need Surge 1100 Words You Need /sɜːdʒ/ (noun & verb) 1. a sudden and great increase, swell, flood, rise: An unexpected surge in electrical power caused the computer to crash. 2. a sudden and great movement forward, flow, outpouring, gush, rush, heave, stream, flood, to rush forward: At the end of…
Emaciated 1100 Words You Need Emaciated 1100 Words You Need /ɪˈmeɪ.si.eɪ.tɪd/ (adj) very thin and weak, usually because of illness or extreme hunger, underweight, skinny, wasted, withered, shrunken, scraggy: There were pictures of emaciated children on the cover of the magazine. Antonym: plump Verb: emaciate Fre: émaciée Fa: لاغر
Have an ax to grind Have an ax to grind to have a strong opinion about something, which you often try to persuade other people is correct, to have a private reason for doing something, to have a selfish motive in the background: Environmentalists have no political ax to grind – they just want to…