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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Sportive GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /’spȯr-tiv/ (adj) lighthearted, playful, frisky, frolicsome, jocular, joking, humorous, vivacious, funny, fond of sport Why does coffee put you in a good and sometimes sportive mood? Two reasons: Scientists have known for many years that coffee stimulates the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine. Dopamine produces the euphoria and pleasant feelings that …
Definition of Officious as a GRE Vocabulary Flashcard also found in 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam with illustrations and synonyms and antonyms for advanced learners of English /əˈfɪʃ.əs/ (adj) Definition meddlesome and too helpful, intrusive, bossy, overbearing, interfering, eager, overzealous, pushy, unwanted, self-important, bumptious, unofficial, domineering, opinionated, bureaucratic Example In …
Jocular GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈdʒɒk.jʊ.ləʳ/ (adj) amusing and humorous, fond of joking, witty, playful, jokey, comical, frivolous, hilarious, jovial, funny, joking, comic, flippant, facetious, lighthearted, cheerful, jocose In our hectic, modern lives, many of us focus so heavily on work and family commitments that we never seem to have time for pure fun and socialize …
Slake GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /sleɪk/ (verb) to quench or satisfy a desire or thirst, moderate, extinguish, assuage, relieve, satiate, calm down Parents can do at least three things to encourage children’s curiosity. First, provide satisfying answers to their inquiries. Children’s questions are sensitive to the answers they receive. If you give them a satisfying answer …
Fawn GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /fɔːn/ (adj, noun & verb) Verb: to grovel, pander, flatter, bootlick, butter up, ingratiate oneself with, be obsequious to, toady, curry favor with, kowtow, be sycophantic to Noun: a young deer Adjective: a pale yellowish brown color “There’s a personal cost to ingratiating yourself with your boss, or fawning over him” …
Dissonance GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈdɪs.ən.əns/ (noun) unpleasant sound or noise, discordant combination of sounds, cacophony, bedlam – disagreement, difference of opinion, dissension, dissent, dissidence, conflict, contention, friction, discord, strife, variance The term cognitive dissonance is used to describe the mental discomfort that results from holding two conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes. People tend to seek …
Wily GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈwaɪ.li/ (adj) clever and deceitful in getting what you want, crafty in deceiving people, cunning, sly, guileful, devious, shrewd, sneaky, astute, scheming, artful, tricky Compare Dahl’s portrayal of the fox, a noble and sympathetic creature, with another: licking his lips, eyes narrowed and thickly kohled beneath comic, angry eyebrows, often surrounded …
Malediction GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˌma-lə-‘dik-shən/ (noun) oath, damnation, curse, anathema, imprecation, hex, spell, blight, wish of evil upon someone A curse (also called an imprecation, malediction, hex, execration, malison, anathema, or commination) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to one or more persons, a place, or …
Imbue GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ɪmˈbju:/ (verb) to fill something with a particular feeling or quality, saturate, permeate, enrich, suffuse, permeate, impregnate, penetrate, inject, pervade, freight, instill, soak, infuse Some people argue that children learn morals on their own, or that preschool is too early to imbue children with moral values and ideas. However, that is …
Dictum GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈdɪk.təm/ (noun) a short but authoritative announcement or statement, pronouncement, order, injunction, adage, edict, proclamation, apothegm, command, fiat, authoritative saying, commandment, maxim, direction, dictate, aphorism, truism In general usage, a dictum is an authoritative or dogmatic statement. In some contexts, such as legal writing, dictum can have a specific meaning. In …