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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Arteriosclerosis – 601 Words You Need to Know /ɑ:ˌtɪərɪəʊsklɪəˈrəʊsɪs/ (noun) Definition (medicine) the thickening or hardening of the walls of the arteries which reduces the elasticity of veins, atherosclerosis Example Arteriosclerosis occurs when the blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients from your heart to the rest of your body (arteries) become thick and stiff …
Abscess – 601 Words You Need to Know /ˈæb.ses/ (noun) Definition a swollen area inside or on your body that contain pus or infection, pustule, blister, pimple, eruption, ulcer, ulceration, boil, carbuncle, sore, swelling, inflammation: Example A skin abscess is a tender mass generally surrounded by a colored area from pink to deep red. Abscesses …
Tryst – 601 Words You Need to Know /trɪst/ (noun & verb) Definition Noun: a secret or private place for lovers to meet, rendezvous, assignation, tête-à-tête, encounter, meeting, appointment, date Verb: to meet someone usually secretly, arrange or keep a tryst Example I carry your heart with me… Come have a Tryst with me. Sneak …
Thrall – 601 Words You Need to Know /θrɔ:l/ (noun) Definition the state of being under someone’s influence or in their power, enslavement, domination, yoke, subjection, bondage, tyranny, slavery, subjugation – someone whose life is controlled by another person, captive, slave, servant Example A thrall was a slave or serf in Scandinavian lands during the …
Svelte – 601 Words You Need to Know /svelt/ (adj) Definition (of a person) slender and slim, elegant, attractively thin, lissome, graceful, lithe, stylish Example If you want to get slim and svelte fast and easily, stop counting calories and being on fad diets. Counting calories doesn’t guarantee weight loss, and fad diets only give …
Shunt – 601 Words You Need to Know /ʃʌnt/ (noun & verb) Definition Verb: to move someone or something elsewhere or from one place to another, switch or sidetrack, shift, thrust – (of a train wagon or carriage) to change tracks on a railroad with a special switch Noun: diversion, change, thrust, shove, bypass, push …
Ruck 601 Words You Need to Know /rʌk/ (noun) Definition Noun: a large group of ordinary people or things that are not very special to you, mass, mound, pile, heap, multitude, accumulation – fold, wrinkle, crumple, rumple, crease – (rugby) all the players around the bull Verb: to wrinkle and become creased, make or form …
Roil 601 Words You Need to Know ‘rȯi(-ə)l (verb) Definition to stir a liquid and make it opaque and murky, make a liquid turbid by disturbing the sediment, whip, shake, mix, stir up – to make someone angry and upset, irritate, aggravate, annoy Example In the middle of the investigation a heavy storm broke out …
Quail 601 Words You Need to Know /kweɪl/ (noun & verb) Definition Verb: to lose heart and move away from something or someone because of fear, wince, draw back in fear, flinch, tremble with fear, feel apprehension, cower, take fright, cringe, recoil, squinch Noun: a small brown bird with a short tail Example Entomophobia is …
Plumb 601 Words You Need to Know /plʌm/ (adj, adv, noun & verb) Definition Verb: to measure the depth of something particularly water – to discover or understand something, fathom, grasp, comprehend – to connect water pipes to each other in a building or device Noun: weight attached to a pipe to measure its depth, …