1.apparent a．顯然的，明顯的(evident)；表面上的(seeming)

聯想記憶：ap+parent(父母)--父母對兒女的愛顯而易見--明顯的

例:There were some apparent exceptions to the general correlation observed between adenosine-receptor binding and stimulation.

2.appeal n．呼吁( earnest plea)；吸引力(attraction)；v.吸引;上訴(accuse)

詞根記憶：ap+peal( =pull拉)--拉過去--吸引

例:The state legislature need not heed(留意)the appeals of the protesting students.//The case of sex discrimination has been appealed from a lower court.

3.appendicitis n.闌尾炎盲腸炎(inflammation of the vermiform appendix )

例:Patients with symptoms strongly suggesting appendicitis almost always have their appendix removed.

4.appetite n.食欲(desire to eat)；欲望(any of the instinctive desires)

詞根記憶：來自拉丁語appetere，ap+peter(尋找，嘗試)+e--尋找、嘗試是因為欲望

例:stimulate/inhibit the appetite刺激／抑制食欲

派生詞:appetizing(a．美味可口的，促進食欲的)

5.appliance n.用具，用品(implement)

詞根記憶：來自apply(v.運用，使用)

例:The original retail price of an appliance was 60 percent more than its wholesale cost.

6.applicable a.(to)適用的，適宜的( appropriate, fitting)

聯想記憶：appli（看作apply運用）+cable（…的）--能運用的--適用的

例:The findings are applicaLAb to other industrial areas.

派生詞:applicability(n.適用性)

7.appoint v.任命，指派（to name officially）

詞根記憶：ap(加強)+point(指向，指出)--指定某人做某事--任命

例:Most were already known to the chairs of the board to which they were appointed.

派生詞:appointment(n.指定)

8.apportion v.（按比例或計劃）分配(to divide and share out according to a plan)

詞根記憶：ap( =ad做)+portion( 一部分，一份)--分配

例:The city council apportions all the tax money to the different departments.

9.apprentice n.學徒；初學者(a young person who works for an employer for a fixed period of time in order to learn)

例:Some Tame Gazelle was Barbara Pym's first novel, but it does not read like an apprentice work.

派生詞:apprenticeship(n.學徒的身份)

10.apprenticeship n.學徒期：學徒身份(the position of apprentice)

詞根記憶：ap+prentice(徒弟)+ship--學徒身份

例:The average length of apprenticeship for carpenters has declined significantly since 1930.

同根詞：apprentice(n.學徒：v.當學徒)