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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Fractious GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Fractious GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈfræk.ʃəs/ (adj) easily upset or annoyed, and tending to complain, irritable, peevish, restless, complaining, touchy, testy, grumpy: a fractious child Parts of Speech Noun: fractiousness Adverb: fractiously Antonyms amiable, agreeable
Inexorable GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Inexorable GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ɪˈnek.sər.ə.bļ/ US /-sɚ-/ (adj) continuing without any possibility of being stopped, unstoppable, inevitable, unavoidable, inescapable, unchangeable, relentless, inflexible, adamant, unyielding: the inexorable progress of science Antonyms flexible Parts of Speech Adverb: inexorably Noun: inexorability
Chicanery GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Chicanery GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ʃɪˈkeɪ.nər.i/ US /-nɚ-/ (noun) clever, dishonest talk or behavior which is used to deceive people, deception, trickery, smoke and mirrors, underhandedness: Clearly there is some chicanery going on. Antonyms truthfulness, honesty, integrity
Hapless 1100 Words You Need Hapless 1100 Words You Need /ˈhæp.ləs/ (adj) unlucky and unfortunate, luckless, ill-fated, wretched, miserable, ill-starred, star-crossed, doomed: The hapless father, as a pauper, now has a triplet. Antonyms happy, lucky Parts of Speech Noun: haplessness Adverb: haplessly
Plethora 1100 Words You Need Plethora 1100 Words You Need /ˈpleθ.ər.ə/ US /-ɚ.ə/ (noun) a large amount of something, an excessive amount or number of something, overabundance, excess, surfeit, surplus, superfluity: We’re receiving a plethora of online orders from our customers, and unfortunately, we cannot handle all of them at once. Antonyms shortage, paucity, deficiency …
Furtive 1100 Words You Need Furtive 1100 Words You Need /ˈfɜː.tɪv/ US /ˈfɝː.ţɪv/ (adj) done in a secretive and stealthy way, stealthy, secret, sly, clandestine, hidden, disguised, surreptitious, shifty, secretive: He took a furtive look at her while she was having lunch. Parts of Speech Adverb: furtively Noun: furtiveness Antonyms open, honest, public
Sword of Damocles Sword of Damocles If you have a sword of Damocles hanging over you/your head, something bad seems very likely to happen to you, something that threatens to cause imminent disaster, a bad and disastrous event that might occur anytime: The treaty hung like a sword of Damocles over the French politics. Antonyms …
Reticent 1100 Words You Need Reticent 1100 Words You Need /ˈret.ɪ.sənt/ US /ˈreţ.ə-/ (adj) Reticent definition unwilling to speak about your thoughts or feelings, quiet, restrained, uncommunicative, taciturn, silent, reserved: Example Most of the students were reticent about answering questions. Antonyms talkative, verbose, voluble Parts of speech Noun: reticence Adverb: reticently
Accost 1100 Words You Need Accost 1100 Words You Need /əˈkɒst/ US /-ˈkɑːst/ (verb) to approach or stop and speak to someone in a threatening way, approach, stop, confront, detain, buttonhole, hound: I’m usually accosted by beggars and drunks as I walk to the station. Antonyms avoid, evade
Intrepid 1100 Words You Need Intrepid 1100 Words You Need /ɪnˈtrep.ɪd/ (adj) extremely brave and showing no fear of dangerous situations, audacious, fearless, bold, courageous, valiant, heroic, daring, gallant, plucky, dauntless: a team of intrepid explorers Antonyms cowardly Parts of Speech Noun: intrepidity Noun: intrepidness Adverb: intrepidly