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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Respite 1100 Words You Need Respite 1100 Words You Need /ˈres.paɪt/ (noun) a pause or rest from something difficult or unpleasant, brief interval of rest, break, breather, breathing space, delay, postponement, adjournment, repose: We worked for hours without respite. Their teacher was away, so they had a day’s respite before their essays were due. Antonyms …
Excruciating 1100 Words You Need Excruciating 1100 Words You Need /ɪkˈskruː.ʃi.eɪ.tɪŋ/ (adj) Excruciating definition 1. extremely painful, agonizing, unbearable, awful, piercing, tormenting, racking, sharp, acute, severe, intense: Example an excruciating pain in the lower back 2. extremely boring or embarrassing, irritating, toe-curling, tedious, infuriating: excruciating boredom His confession, when it came, was excruciating. Antonyms enthralling, …
Cool one’s heels 1100 Words Cool one’s heels 1100 Words Be kept waiting by somebody for an appointment, date, meeting, etc., wait and see, be patient, play the waiting game, hold back, hold off, twiddle one’s thumbs: I’ll put him in a cell to cool his heels for a bit. Antonyms advance, do, go, take …
Malignant 1100 Words You Need Malignant 1100 Words You Need /məˈlɪg.nənt/ (adj) 1. describes a disease or a diseased growth that is likely to get uncontrollably worse and lead to death, deadly, cancerous, spreading, fatal, lethal, mortal, terminal, incurable, life-threatening: The process by which malignant cancer cells multiply isn’t fully understood. Is the tumor malignant …
Harbinger 1100 Words You Need Harbinger 1100 Words You Need /ˈhɑː.bɪn.dʒəʳ/ (noun) someone or a thing that shows that something is going to happen soon, especially something bad, sign, symbol, forerunner, herald, omen, portent, indication: a harbinger of doom
Thwart 1100 Words You Need Thwart 1100 Words You Need /θwɔːt/ (verb) to stop something from happening or someone from doing something, stymie, prevent, deter, block, impede, hinder, obstruct, frustrate, put paid to, foil, spoil, ruin, put a stop to: My holiday plans have been thwarted by the strike. Antonyms encourage, hearten, inspire Parts of …
Remote 1100 Words You Need Remote 1100 Words You Need /rɪˈməʊt/ (adj) far away in distance, time or relation, distant, isolated, far-flung, far away, secluded, out-of-the-way, unlikely, improbable, slight, faint, small, aloof, unfriendly, detached, withdrawn: remote galaxies It happened in the remote past, so no one worries about it anymore. There is a remote chance …
Ubiquitous 1100 Words You Need Ubiquitous 1100 Words You Need /juːˈbɪk.wɪ.təs/ (adj) seeming to be in all places, prevalent, existing everywhere, omnipresent, universal, pervasive, global, abundant, permeating: Leather is very much in fashion this season, as of course is the ubiquitous denim. The Swedes are not alone in finding their language under pressure from the …
Swap horses in midstream Swap Horses in Midstream to change your mind and interrupt an activity that is already running, change your mind in the middle of an activity: You have already placed your bet on this racing car, and I’m afraid you cannot swap horses in midstream. Antonyms insist on something
Sinister 1100 Words You Need Sinister 1100 Words You Need /ˈsɪn.ɪ.stəʳ/ (adj) making you feel that something bad or evil might happen, ominous, suggesting evil, menacing, threatening, evil, disturbing, baleful: The ruined house had a sinister appearance. A sinister-looking man sat in the corner of the room. Antonyms harmless, benign, innocuous Parts of Speech Adverb: …