1.allay v.減輕，緩和( to relieve)

聯想記憶：al（看作all全都）+lay(放置)--負擔都放下了--減輕，緩和

例:The appointment of Forrestal as First Secretary of Defense allayed the suspicions of naval officers.

2.allege v.斷言，宣稱( to assert without proof or before proving)

詞根記憶：al（加強）+leg(指定，任命)+e--大聲任命--宣稱

例:The company alleged that the employee tampered with the computer system.

派生詞:allegation(n.宣稱；指控)：alleged(a.聲稱的，所謂的)；allegedly( ad.依其申述)

3.allegiance n.忠誠，擁護(loyalty, faithfulness)

聯想記憶：al+leg(法律)+iance--靠近法律--擁護

例:Most historians have underestimated the extent of women's political allegiance in the antebellum(戰前的)period.

派生詞:allegiant(a.忠心的，忠實的)

4.allergic a.過敏的( of allergy)；對…討厭的(averse or disinclined)

聯想記憶：aller(看作alert警報)+gic--皮膚出現警報--過敏的

例:Not all forms of sulfite are equally likely to produce the allergic reactions.

同根詞：allergenic(a.引起過敏癥的)

5.allergy n.過敏癥（an unfavorable reaction to certain foods, pollens, insect bites, etc)

詞根記憶：all（其他）+erg(起作用，工作)+y--起其他作用--過敏癥

派生詞:allergic(a.過敏的)

6.alleviate v.減輕，緩和( to allay)

詞根記憶：al+lev(輕)+iate--減輕

例:The mayor claims that the fee will alleviate the city's traffic congestion.

同根詞：levity(n.輕率)

7.alliance n.聯盟( an association to further the common interests of the members);聯合（the state of being allied）

詞根記憶：來自ally(v.聯合，聯盟)

例:The resulting cooperative alliance of independent agencies now comprise 32 partners spanning 37 countries.

8.alligator n.短吻鱷（產于美洲的一種鱷魚）(a reptile of the crocodile family)

例:Alligators prey heavily on a species of freshwater fish.

9.allocate v.分配(to distribute)；分派(to designate)

詞根記憶：al（加強）+loc（地方）+ate（做）一不斷把東西發送到各地--分配

例:They seek to allocate capital in ways that may reduce their tax burden.

派生詞:allocation(n.配給，分配)

10.allotment n.分配 (apportionment);分配物 ( something that is allotted );養家費(money that be used to support a family )

詞根記憶：來自 allot( v.分配 )

例:To meet the rapidly rising market demand for fish and seafood,suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as they grow naturally, cutting their feed allotment by nearly half and raising them on special diets.