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.
The images and illustrations are accessible only to our students or members.
Impugn GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ɪmˈpjuːn/ (verb) Definition to cast doubt on something by criticizing it, call into question, attack verbally, dispute, question, assail, query, challenge, take issue with, doubt Example I must say that I was disappointed in the content of this list – but not necessarily surprised. As is often the case, it appears …
Insurrection GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˌɪn.sərˈek.ʃən/ (noun) Definition rebellion against the government of a country usually by using violence or armed conflict, anarchy, sedition, insurgency, insurgence, mutiny, coup d’état, revolt, riot, revolution, civil disorder, civil disobedience, unrest, uprising, coup Example The government declared a state of emergency following the sudden insurrection that erupted in the capital. …
Machination GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ma ki·na·tion/ (noun) Definition devising plots or schemes to accomplish some evil end or collusion, conspiracy, collusion, scheme or plot, plotting, cabal, intrigue, design, plan Example Machination is contriving a plot or conspiracy. The act of planning or contriving a scheme for executing some purpose, particularly an evil purpose; an artful …
Insipid GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ɪnˈsɪp.ɪd/ (adj) Definition lacking flavor, taste, interest or energy, vapid, dull, stale, tasteless, bland, flavorless, colorless, banal, tame, uneventful, unappetizing, boring, lifeless, uninteresting, characterless, unimaginative, unexciting Example Still, as journalists, we should hold ourselves to higher standards and fight the urge to uncritically let our own boredom infect our writing. In …
Proliferate GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /prəˈlɪf.ər.eɪt/ (verb) Definition to grow or increase rapidly in number, procreate, multiply, breed, burgeon, boom, spawn, flourish, bloom, rocket, thrive, reproduce, replicate, mushroom, snowball, propagate Example Rabbits are noted for their prolific breeding ability, but the popular phrase “breeding like rabbits” isn’t quite the whole story. Many animals bear a lot …
Jargon GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈdʒɑː.gən/ (noun) Definition special words or phrases used by particular groups of people, terminology, patter, dialect, specialized language, argot, lingo, cant, slang, idiom – nonsensical or unintelligible language, guff, mumbo jumbo, nonsense Example Jargon is the specialized terminology associated with a particular field or area of activity. Jargon is normally employed …
Edify GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈed.ɪ.faɪ/ (verb) Definition to guide or educate someone, instruct someone spiritually or morally, train, teach, school, enlighten, tutor, better, inform, cultivate Example Guru is a Sanskrit term for a “mentor, guide, expert, or master” of certain knowledge or field who edifies apprentices, learners or students. In pan-Indian traditions, a guru is …
Cosset GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈkɒs.ɪt/ (verb) Definition to give excessive care and attention to someone, treat with great care, indulge, pamper, overindulge, coddle, shelter, mollycoddle, cater to, wrap in cotton wool, protect, fondle, dandle, spoil, baby, pet Example Cosseted children growing up unable to cope with failure because parents are ‘not allowing them to be …
Metaphor GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈmet.ə.fɔːʳ/ (noun) Definition a figure of speech that compares two different things in a literary way, symbol, allegory, image, analogy, simile, comparison, trope, representation Example A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. It may provide (or obscure) clarity or …
Axiom GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈæk.si.əm/ (noun) Definition generally accepted truth, premise, self-evident truth, postulate, apothegm, gnome, truism, dictum, adage, proverb, rule, saying, maxim, aphorism Example The issues whose recent neglect Walder laments are central to the “political process” model that dominated social movements research in the late twentieth century. A key axiom in that approach …