abide | v. （后接by）遵守，同意 | I will abide by the director’decision. |
adhere | v.（后接to）遵守 | Car drivers must adhere to the rules of driving. |
conform | v. （后接to）遵守，符合 | All individuals are required to conform to the laws made by their governments. |
comply | v. （后接with）遵守，服從（用于正式的場合） | Our company complies with governmental regulations on payingtaxes. |
2. abnormal / uncommon / disordered
abnormal | a. 不正常的，反常的（但并非罕見）（指行為或現象（如氣候）的異常） | His body temperature has been abnormal for 3 days, the highest point reaching 40.5 degree centigrade. |
uncommon | a. 罕見的，不平常的（指很少經歷或很少見到的狀況） | Hurricanes are uncommon in England. |
disordered | a. 混亂的，雜亂的 | We couldn’t understand her disordered presentation. |
3. abolish / cancel / eliminate / dispose / erase / exclude / extinguish
abolish | v. （指對法律、習俗、制度的）廢除，完全破壞 | The government abolished the tax on alcohol. |
cancel | v. （對預先安排的某種活動，如旅行、計劃、會議等）取消；刪去（字、句） | The meeting has been canceled because of the flu. |
eliminate | v. 消除、淘汰（已經存在但是現在不需要的東西） | The losing team was eliminated from furthercompetition. |
dispose | v. 處理，處置；除掉、扔掉（此時常與of連用） | After your picnic, please dispose of the litter. |
erase | v. 除去，擦掉（指有意識地除去字跡、聲音等） | I erased the music on the tape before recording on the tape again. |
exclude | v. 排斥，排除，不包括在內 | The restaurant excludes anyone who is not properly dressed from entering. |
extinguish | v. 熄滅，撲滅（火）；使沉默，使暗淡 | Firefighters extinguished a big fire. |
4. abstract / digest / outline / summary
abstract | n. 概要，摘要（尤其指對學術論文或法律論據作的簡述） | I have read the abstract of his book. |
digest | n. （篇幅較長的）摘要，文摘（尤其指對原文的濃縮，仍保持原文的順序、重點和風格） | Reader’s Digest《讀者文摘》 |
outline | n. 要點，大綱，概要 | She made an outline of ideas she wanted to present in her talk. |
summary | n. 總結，摘要（指用寥寥數語概括文章或者講話的要點；不考慮原文的風格） | The following is a summary of our conclusions. |
5. absurd / ridiculous / silly
absurd | a. 荒謬的，可笑的（指因不符合常識、違反真理或不合邏輯而令人發笑） | There was an absurd idea that the earth was flat and motionless. |
ridiculous | a. 荒唐可笑的（指因為愚昧無知而令人發笑并成為笑柄；含有蔑視成分） | It is ridiculous to judge a foreign culture only by its food. |
silly | a. 愚蠢的，傻的（指由于單純或者頭腦簡單而顯得愚蠢） | a silly little boy |
6. abundant / plentiful
abundant | a. （數量）充足的（常用于人、物產、資源、雨量等，含有“過多”之意） | Oil is in abundant supply in this country. |
plentiful | a. 豐富的，充足的（常用于食物、收獲、財產等；不能用于時間、空間、思想等方面） | Eggs are plentiful at this moment. |
7. accent / tone / dialect
accent | n. 口音；重音 | He speaks English with a Spanish accent. |
tone | n. 語氣，音調（指說話人的口氣或聲音的高低、輕重等） | He speaks to his baby in soft tones. |
dialect | n. 方言，土語，地方話 | the Sichuan dialect |
8. access / assess
access | n. 接近，進入 | The people living in these apartments have free access to that swimming pool. |
assess | v. 評估（財產，價值） | I assessed how much it would cost to build a new apartment. |
9. accommodate / afford / furnish
accommodate | v. 提供（住宿、房間） | This hotel can accommodate up to 500 guests. |
afford | v. 提供（多用于指抽象事物的提供） | We can’t afford that expensive sports car. |
furnish | v. 提供（指生活或某種用途所需要的東西） | Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge, it is thinking that makes what we read ours. |
10. accomplishment / attainment / achievement
accomplishment | n. 成功，成就 | Climbing that high mountain was an accomplishment for the hikers. |
attainment | n. （指學識和造詣；常用作復數）成就，才能 | a young woman of impressive educational attainments |
achievement | n. （抽象的）成就，（具體的）成績（同義詞accomplishment） | the greatest scientific achievement of the decade |
