abominate v.痛恨;痛惡 [ominous (omen 的形容詞)不祥的;凶兆的]
aboriginal a.原始的;土著的 [ab+origin+al]?
abortive a.失敗的;無意的 [oriental; abort]
abound v.充滿;富於 [abundant]?
abrade v.摩擦;磨掉 [erase; abrasion (abrade的名詞)(岩石的')剝蝕;(機械的)磨損]
abridge v.縮短;刪節
abrogate v.廢止;取消 [interogative rogation (常 ~s)(基督教)(耶穌升天節前三天做的)禱告 rogatory請求的;要求的]
abrupt a.突然的;意外的 [ab+rupt=rumpere]
abscond v.潛逃 [condiments 調味料(seasoning) (芥茉、胡椒等)]
absolve v.赦免;解除 [solution]?
abstain v.戒除;禁絕 [tenere]
abstemious a.飲食有度;有節制的 [temetum]
abstinence n.禁食 [abs+tinence ABSTINENT]
abstracted a.心不在焉的 [intractable; abstract]
abstruse a.深奧的 [intrusion]?
absurd a.不合理的;荒唐的 [AB-, surdus deaf, dull]
abundant a.豐富的;富裕的
abuse v.亂用;妄用 [ab+use disabuse 解除某人的迷惑;使醒悟]
abut v.緊鄰;接靠 [a+but]
abyss n.深淵;地獄
accede v.同意 [ac+cede]?
accelerate v.加速進行 [ac+celer+ate;concede]
accentuate v.重讀;強調 [ac+cent=cant+uate;ACCENT;cantata(音樂)清唱劇]
accessible a.易接近的;易受影響的 [accessible or LL accessibilis; ACCEDE; access]
accessory n.附件;從犯 [ac+ces+sory;ACCEDE]?
accidental a.偶然的;意外的
acclaim v.歡呼;喝采 [ac+claim=clamare;clamorous吵鬧的,喧嚷的; acclamation]
acclimate v.適應於新環境 [ac+climate CLIMATE acclamation]
acclivity n.向上的陡坡 [ac+cliv+ity proclivity]
accolade n.讚美;賞賜 [ac+col=collum+ade; collar]