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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Distraught 1100 Words You Need Distraught 1100 Words You Need /dɪˈstrɔːt/ (adj) extremely worried, anxious or upset, crazed, mentally confused, perplexed, baffled, distressed, out of your mind, hysterical, troubled, agitated, disturbed, panic-stricken: The missing child’s distraught parents made an emotional appeal for information on TV. Antonyms calm Parts of Speech Adverb: distraughtly
Egregious 1100 Words You Need Egregious 1100 Words You Need /ɪˈgriː.dʒəs/ (adj) often of mistakes, extremely and noticeably bad, foul, blatant, flagrant, conspicuously bad, offensive, appalling, outrageous: It was an egregious error for a statesman to show such ignorance. Antonyms pardonable, forgivable, negligible Parts of Speech Adverb: egregiously Noun: egregiousness
Take down a peg Take down a peg to make an arrogant and conceited person realize that they are not as important and influential as they think they are, to take the conceit out of a braggart, discourage, humiliate, damage one’s reputation, humble, disparage, demean, put down: That debacle in her presentation was enough to …
Culprit 1100 Words You Need Culprit 1100 Words You Need /ˈkʌl.prɪt/ (noun) someone who has done something wrong, outlaw, lawbreaker, wrongdoer, delinquent, offender, criminal, guilty party, perpetrator, felon, malefactor, a fact or situation that is the reason for something bad happening, the origin of a problem: Police hope the public will help them to find …
Duress 1100 Words You Need Duress 1100 Words You Need /djʊˈres/ (noun) the use of force or threats to make someone do something against their will, illegal coercion, menace, pressure, compulsion, constraint: He abjured his own confession due to being forced to sign it under duress. Antonyms persuasion
Admonish 1100 Words You Need Admonish 1100 Words You Need /ədˈmɒn.ɪʃ/ (verb) Admonish definition to tell someone seriously that they have done something wrong, warn, advise, reprove, criticize, reproach, rebuke, caution, reprimand, tell off, scold, chide, chew out, lecture: Example The pedagogue admonished his pupil for postponing his studies until the last night. Antonyms praise …
Flagrant 1100 Words You Need Flagrant 1100 Words You Need /ˈfleɪ.grənt/ (adj) (of a bad action, situation, person, etc.) shocking because of being so obvious, blatant, barefaced, scandalous, obvious, deliberate, open, unashamed, overt, patent, manifest, relentless, bald-faced, shameless, immodest, glaring: a flagrant misuse of funds/privilege a flagrant breach of trust a flagrant disregard for the …
Stock-in-Trade 1100 Words Stock-in-Trade 1100 Words all the necessary equipment and tools that you need to have at work, goods and basic resources at work, all the requisites of a profession, staple, commodity, facility, means: As a professional blogger, a high-tech computer, smartphone, and stable internet access are the building blocks of my stock-in-trade. Antonyms …
Clandestine 1100 Words You Need Clandestine 1100 Words You Need /klænˈdes.tɪn/ (adj) planned or done in secret, especially describing something that is not officially allowed, furtive, surreptitious, hidden, stealthy, covert, secret, underground, concealed, undercover, illegal: The group held weekly clandestine meetings in a church. He has been having a clandestine affair with his secretary for …
Concur 1100 Words You Need Concur 1100 Words You Need /kənˈkɜːʳ/ (verb) to agree with someone or have the same opinion as someone else, to happen at the same time, coincide, harmonize, be in accord, see eye to eye, correspond, fall together, synchronize, coexist, go along with, acquiesce: The new report concurs with previous findings. …