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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Falter 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 2 Falter 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 2 /ˈfɒl.təʳ/ (verb) to become slow or stop doing something due to lack of strength or motivation, lose confidence, begin to fail, hesitate, blow hot and cold, vacillate, demur, waver, pause, weaken, abate, stutter, to move awkwardly, stumble,…
Bereft 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 2 Bereft 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 2 /bɪˈreft/ (adj) feeling great loss, mourning, in mourning, grieving, widowed, lacking something important, deprived of, devoid, starved, empty, impoverished The physical ache is there whether you work or not. This has been a revelation to my generation…
Prodigy 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 2 Prodigy 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 2 /ˈprɒd.ɪ.dʒi/ (noun) someone with an extraordinary talent or ability usually at a young age, genius, phenomenon, wonder, star, boy wonder, something marvelous There are metal bars on the windows and the building itself is run down and…
Constrict 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 2 Constrict 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 2 /kənˈstrɪkt/ (verb) to become narrower and tighter or to make something narrower or tighter, tighten, contract, compress, squeeze, shrink, to limit or restrict a behavior or an action, refrain, constrain, restrain, control, inhibit Idaho has the second-lowest…
Culminate 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 1 Culminate 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 1 /ˈkʌl.mɪ.neɪt/ (verb) come or bring to the highest point, reach the pinnacle, finish or end spectacularly, end, conclude, climax, terminate, crown Advancements and innovation in medicine go hand-in-hand with years of research, money and time that culminate…
Ardent 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 1 Ardent 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 1 /ˈɑː.dənt/ US /ˈɑːr-/ (adj) eager and keen, zealous, willing, inclined, showing strong feelings, enthusiastic, passionate, fervent, devoted, dedicated, committed, fiery, fervid, avid There are two common traits to be found in every Manchester City fan: enduring resolve…
Obscure 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 1 Obscure 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 1 /əbˈskjʊəʳ/ (adj & verb) Adjective: unclear and difficult to see through, opaque, hazy, nebulous, elusive, indistinct, hard to understand, incomprehensible, vague, ambiguous, murky, blurry, unknown Verb: to prevent something from being seen or heard, conceal, hide, make…
Array 1100 Words You Need Array 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 1 /əˈreɪ/ (noun & verb) a large group of people or things, a large number or collection of things or people, striking arrangement, selection, gamut, assortment, grouping, dress, clothing, to arrange a group of things or people, deploy, organize, put in order…
Pinnacle 1100 Words You Need Pinnacle 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 1 /ˈpɪn.ə.kļ/ (noun & verb) the highest point of something, acme, summit, zenith, the top part of a mountain, mountain peak, a small pointed tower on top of a building, pointed ornament on top of a building, crowning achievement, the most successful…
Sleep On It 1100 Words You Need Sleep On It 1100 Words You Need Week 26 Day 4 to think about a decision carefully before making it, reflect on something deeply, consider a case or decision profoundly, be reflective or pensive, contemplate, ponder, weigh In an experiment led by researchers at the University of Illinois,…