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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Trauma 601 Words You Need to Know /ˈtrɔː.mə/ (noun) Definition an extremely painful and long-lasting emotional experience which causes flashbacks and bitter memories into the future usually caused by devastating and appalling accidents, distressing experience, agony, panic, suffering, upset, upheaval, disturbance, anguish, torture, shock, heartbreak, distress, strain – a physical wound or injury, contusion, laceration, …
Olympian 601 Words You Need to Know /əʊˈlɪm.pi.ən/ (adj) Definition enormous and great, majestic, resembling a Greek god or goddess, like Greek deity, superior and aloof, unfriendly, uncommunicative, remote, grand – related to the Mount. Olympus and therefore Olympic games Example The concert hall, with its towering columns and golden chandeliers, exuded an Olympian grandeur …
Subliminal 601 Words You Need to Know /ˌsʌbˈlɪm.ɪ.nəl/ (adj) Definition without conscious awareness, hidden, unconscious, subconscious, below the threshold of consciousness, unintentional, concealed – (in advertisement) trying to grab the attention of people and influence them indirectly while the people are not aware of that Example The birth of subliminal advertising as we know it …
Odyssey 601 Words You Need to Know /ˈɒd.ɪ.si/ (noun) Definition a long and adventurous journey, series of travels, pilgrimage, trek, voyage, peregrination, quest, crusade, wandering Example 2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, and was …
Schizophrenia 601 Words You Need to Know /ˌskɪt.səˈfriː.ni.ə/ (noun) Definition a serious mental disorder or illness in which the patient cannot distinguish between reality and imagination and develops two or multiple personalities Example Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. People with schizophrenia may seem like they …
Narcissism 601 Words You Need to Know /ˈnɑː.sɪ.sɪ.zəm/ (noun) Definition the psychological condition of admiring one’s own appearance or abilities excessively and unreasonably, egocentrism, self-admiration, conceit, conceitedness, vanity, vainness, erotic interest in oneself, egoism, self-love, self-importance, egotism, megalomania, self-absorption Example Narcissistic personality disorder — one of several types of personality disorders — is a mental …
Iridescent 601 Words You Need to Know /ˌɪr.ɪˈdes.ənt/ (adj) Definition colorful like a rainbow, showing or reflecting bright colors like a rainbow that seem to change or move as the light reflection angle changes, lustrous, sparkling, luminous, dazzling, glittering, glowing, shimmering, gleaming, opalescent Example Colour trends go in cycles. There have been periods when colour …
Psychopath 601 Words You Need to Know /ˈsaɪ.kə.pæθ/ (noun) Definition a person who is mentally ill or has severe mental disorders causing them to act very aggressively and violently without any empathy for others, lunatic, madman, sociopath, madwoman, psychotic, maniac, psycho, crazy Example Though psychopaths make up roughly 1% of the general male adult population, …
Psychic 601 Words You Need to Know /ˈsaɪ.kɪk/ (adj & noun) Definition Adjective: of human mind, related to a mental problem or illness, cerebral, mental, psychological, psychical – possessing special and supernatural mental abilities to foresee and predict the future, supersensible, supersensory, extrasensory, mysterious, unexplained, intuitive, clairvoyant, telepathic Noun: a person with psychic abilities to …
Hymeneal 601 Words You Need to Know /ˌhī-mə-‘nē-əl/ (adj & noun) Definition Adjective: relating to marriage, matrimonial, conjugal, connubial, nuptial, wedded, married, bridal, marital Noun: a wedding song or poem Example Wedding ceremonies and hymeneals can cost more than the GDP of a small country, in some cases. For the elite few, weddings should be …