1.aspect n.（問題等的）方面（a particular status or phase in which sth. appears or may be regarded）；面貌，研表(appearance)

詞根記憶：a+spect(看)--看向的地方--（問題等的）方面

例:It explains why one aspect of anole lizard species' habitat use has been difficult to account for.

同根詞：expect( n./v.期待)：inspect(v.檢查)

2.aspen n.白楊(a type of poplar tree, with leaves that move even when there is very little wind)；a．類似白楊的

聯想記憶：as+pen(筆)一--像筆一樣直的樹木--白楊

例:The leaves of the aspen tree that leaned past the window flickered in the breeze.

3.aspersion n.誹謗，中傷(slander)

詞根記憶：a+spers(散開)+ion--散布壞東西--誹謗

例:I resent your casting aspersions on my brother and his ability!

4.aspiration n.志向，抱負(ambition)

詞根記憶：來自aspire(v.渴望，抱負)

例:Employers assumed that women's "real" aspirations were for marriage and family life.

同根詞：respire(v.呼吸)

5.assemble v.集合(to gather)；裝配(to fit together the parts of)

詞根記憶：as(加強)+semble(類似)--物以類聚--集合

例:A group of store managers must assemble 280 displays(顯示器)for an upcoming sale.

派生詞:assembler(n.裝配工)；assembly(n.組裝，裝配)；disassembly(n.分解，拆卸)

6.assembler n.匯編程序(a computer program that automaticalty converts instructions written in assembly language into machine language);裝配工(one that assembles)

詞根記憶：來自assemble(v.集合：聚集)

例:The average number of hours it takes aBorodian television assembler to assemble a television has not decreased signfficantly during the past three years.

同根詞：assembly(n.裝配;集會)

7.assert v.斷言（to affirm）；聲稱(to declare)

詞根記憶：as+sert(插入)-強行插入觀點--斷言

例:One argument against my contention asserts that, by nature, textbooks are culturally biased.

派生詞:setf-assertion(n.自作主張；專斷)

8.assertion n.宣布(declaration)；斷言，主張（affirmation）

詞根記憶：來自assert(v.聲明;堅持)

例:Such an assertion ignores critical differences between seventeenth-century England and New England.

9.assess v.估計(to determine the importance, size, or value of)；評價(to evaluate)

例:Differences among the habitats of Lepidoptera species make it difficult to assess the effects of weather on them.

派生詞:assessment(n.確定，評定)

10.asset n.資產，財產(resource)

例:intangible assets無形資產//physical assets有形資產，//fixed assets固定資產