Study our new lessons and posts at LELB Society with videos, podcasts, comment boxes and forums to experience asynchronous learning.
Strident Strident (adj) /ˈstraɪ.dənt/ forcefully and strongly expressed – loud and shrill – piercing and harsh – vociferous – persuasive – noisy: So much strident and acrimonious criticism was directed at the press secretary for practicing plagiarism.
Without Rhyme or Reason 1100 Words Without Rhyme or Reason 1100 Words You Need Week 31 with authentic materials and examples, synonyms, antonyms, illustrated flashcards and text-to-speech for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS making no sense, illogically, absurdly, insensibly, irrationally, implausibly, randomly, at random, subjectively, capriciously, indiscriminately, haphazardly, unsystematically The probability that a student selected without…
Milieu Milieu (noun) /mɪˈljɜː/ US /miːlˈjɜː/ the surroundings and conditions in which someone lives and is influenced by – setting – environment – background – ambiance – atmosphere – locale – surroundings: In that ethnographic and anthropological study, a systematic and longitudinal research has been carried out to cast more light on the social milieu…
Innocuous GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Innocuous GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ɪˈnɒk.ju.əs/ US /-ˈnɑː.kju-/ (adj) completely harmless, inoffensive, innocent, benign, safe, mild, bland: Some mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact poisonous. Fre: inoffensive Fa: معصوم، بی گناه
Propagate 1100 Words You Need Propagate 1100 Words You Need Week 31 Day 2 with authentic materials and examples, synonyms, antonyms, illustrated flashcards and text-to-speech for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS /ˈprɒp.ə.geɪt/ (verb) to spread opinions, lies or beliefs among a lot of people, disseminate, promulgate, distribute, broadcast, proliferate, circulate, transmit, publicize, (of animals and plants) breed…
Cold Shoulder 1100 Words You Need Cold Shoulder 1100 Words You Need Week 31 Day 1 with authentic materials and examples, synonyms, antonyms, illustrated flashcards and text-to-speech for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS to ignore or disregard a person, snub, show cold and unsympathetic treatment, unfriendliness, rebuff, rejection, slap in the face, disrespect One thing we…
Spurious 1100 Words You Need Spurious 1100 Words You Need Week 31 Day 1 with authentic materials and examples, synonyms, antonyms, illustrated flashcards and text-to-speech for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS /ˈspjʊə.ri.əs/ (adj) false and misleading, pretending, pretentious, ostensive, ostensible, bogus, fake, forged, counterfeit, specious, imitation, inauthentic, sham, phony Arguments may be fallacious due to flaws…
English Idioms on Feelings English Idioms on Feelings Be on cloud nine to be very happy about something It was a lovely journey across Europe and they were on cloud nine. Bent out of shape very angry or upset He was bent out of shape over the way his boss treated him. Work like a…