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，服从（用于正式的场合） | Our company complies with governmental regulations on payingtaxes. |
2. abnormal / uncommon / disordered
abnormal | a. 不正常的，反常的（但并非罕见）（指行为或现象（如气候）的异常） | His body temperature has been abnormal for 3 days, the highest point reaching 40.5 degree centigrade. |
uncommon | a. 罕见的，不平常的（指很少经历或很少见到的状况） | Hurricanes are uncommon in England. |
disordered | a. 混乱的，杂乱的 | We couldn’t understand her disordered presentation. |
3. abolish / cancel / eliminate / dispose / erase / exclude / extinguish
abolish | v. （指对法律、习俗、制度的）废除，完全破坏 | The government abolished the tax on alcohol. |
cancel | v. （对预先安排的某种活动，如旅行、计划、会议等）取消；删去（字、句） | The meeting has been canceled because of the flu. |
eliminate | v. 消除、淘汰（已经存在但是现在不需要的东西） | The losing team was eliminated from furthercompetition. |
dispose | v. 处理，处置；除掉、扔掉（此时常与of连用） | After your picnic, please dispose of the litter. |
erase | v. 除去，擦掉（指有意识地除去字迹、声音等） | I erased the music on the tape before recording on the tape again. |
exclude | v. 排斥，排除，不包括在内 | The restaurant excludes anyone who is not properly dressed from entering. |
extinguish | v. 熄灭，扑灭（火）；使沉默，使暗淡 | Firefighters extinguished a big fire. |
4. abstract / digest / outline / summary
abstract | n. 概要，摘要（尤其指对学术论文或法律论据作的简述） | I have read the abstract of his book. |
digest | n. （篇幅较长的）摘要，文摘（尤其指对原文的浓缩，仍保持原文的顺序、重点和风格） | Reader’s Digest《读者文摘》 |
outline | n. 要点，大纲，概要 | She made an outline of ideas she wanted to present in her talk. |
summary | n. 总结，摘要（指用寥寥数语概括文章或者讲话的要点；不考虑原文的风格） | The following is a summary of our conclusions. |
5. absurd / ridiculous / silly
absurd | a. 荒谬的，可笑的（指因不符合常识、违反真理或不合逻辑而令人发笑） | There was an absurd idea that the earth was flat and motionless. |
ridiculous | a. 荒唐可笑的（指因为愚昧无知而令人发笑并成为笑柄；含有蔑视成分） | It is ridiculous to judge a foreign culture only by its food. |
silly | a. 愚蠢的，傻的（指由于单纯或者头脑简单而显得愚蠢） | a silly little boy |
6. abundant / plentiful
abundant | a. （数量）充足的（常用于人、物产、资源、雨量等，含有“过多”之意） | Oil is in abundant supply in this country. |
plentiful | a. 丰富的，充足的（常用于食物、收获、财产等；不能用于时间、空间、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. 语气，音调（指说话人的口气或声音的高低、轻重等） | He speaks to his baby in soft tones. |
dialect | n. 方言，土语，地方话 | the Sichuan dialect |
8. access / assess
access | n. 接近，进入 | The people living in these apartments have free access to that swimming pool. |
assess | v. 评估（财产，价值） | I assessed how much it would cost to build a new apartment. |
9. accommodate / afford / furnish
accommodate | v. 提供（住宿、房间） | 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（指生活或某种用途所需要的东西） | 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. （指学识和造诣；常用作复数）成就，才能 | a young woman of impressive educational attainments |
achievement | n. （抽象的）成就，（具体的）成绩（同义词accomplishment） | the greatest scientific achievement of the decade |
