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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Virtuosity Virtuosity /ˌvɜː.tjuˈɒs.ɪ.ti/ US /ˌvɝː.tʃuˈɑː.sə.ţi/ (noun) great and outstanding skill, dexterity, talent, technique, brilliance, flair, expertise, gift, profession: Beethoven is known for his virtuosity in music. Since the old days in school, I have always believed in her virtuosity and talent in art in spite of all her failures in her career. His virtuosity at playing…
Make Bricks without Straw 1100 Words Make Bricks without Straw 1100 Words to try to do something without having the essential building blocks of that tasks, to attempt to do something without the necessary materials to do that task: You remember in the days of Moses that he went before Pharaoh. He took Aaron with…
Cache 1100 Words You Need Cache 1100 Words You Need /kæʃ/ (noun & verb) a hidden place to keep or store things, hidden supply of things especially weapons, reserve, collection, store a part of the computer memory in which frequently used information is stored and accessed quickly P Khongsai, Public Relation Officer (Defence) Guwahati said…
Altruistic 1100 Words You Need Altruistic 1100 Words You Need /ˌæl.truˈɪs.tɪk/ (adj) tending to help other people, selfless, humane, unselfish, philanthropic, noble, self-sacrificing, benevolent: People’s moral judgments are often driven by emotion. And empathy for others seems to encourage altruism. Another emotion, called “elevation,” appears to inspire altruistic behavior, too. We feel elevation when we…
The World the Flesh and the Devil The World the Flesh and the Devil all the worldly temptations that cause men to commit sins, attraction, enticement, lure, coaxing, persuasion, inducement: Written by the pioneering scientist, theorist and activist J. D. Bernal, this futuristic essay explores the radical changes to human bodies and intelligence that science…
Antithesis 1100 Words You Need Antithesis 1100 Words You Need /ænˈtɪθ.ə.sɪs/ (noun) the exact opposite of someone or something, converse, contrast, direct opposite, opposition, reverse: “Bottom line: the hitmen are guilty, sentenced to death. The masterminds not only walk free. They have barely been touched by the investigation and the trial. That is the antithesis…
Sedentary 1100 Words You Need Sedentary 1100 Words You Need /ˈsed.ən.tri/ (adj) involving little physical activity or exercise, involving a lot of sitting, sitting, inactive, deskbound: Consider how much you sit in a day: driving during your morning commute to an 8-hour-a-day desk job, and then unwinding on the couch in front of the television…
Bulwark 1100 Words You Need Bulwark 1100 Words You Need /ˈbʊl.wək/ (noun) something like a shield that protects you against dangerous things or situations, defensive wall, protection, fortification, barricade, safeguard, buffer, barrier: Financially empowered women are a “bulwark against societal evils”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said while interacting with more than 10 million…
Prolific 1100 Words You Need Prolific 1100 Words You Need /prəˈlɪf.ɪk/ (adj) producing a great amount of good results or babies, fertile, productive, creative, fruitful, profuse existing in great numbers, abundant, plentiful, manifold, copious, abounding, bountiful It has to be stated, because often I hear writers lament about their writing speed, the size of their…
Beeline 1100 Words You Need Beeline 1100 Words You Need in a direct path or line from one place to another, a shortcut ‘She made a beeline for him’: Hollywood hunting as Mel Gibson sighted in Carleton Place: “She made a beeline for him and I was left in the wings,” Beath joked. “ ……