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

词根记忆：a+spect(看)--看向的地方--（问题等的）方面

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

同根词：expect( n./v.期待)：inspect(v.检查)

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

联想记忆：as+pen(笔)一--像笔一样直的树木--白杨

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

3.aspersion n.诽谤，中伤(slander)

词根记忆：a+spers(散开)+ion--散布坏东西--诽谤

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

4.aspiration n.志向，抱负(ambition)

词根记忆：来自aspire(v.渴望，抱负)

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

同根词：respire(v.呼吸)

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

词根记忆：as(加强)+semble(类似)--物以类聚--集合

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

派生词:assembler(n.装配工)；assembly(n.组装，装配)；disassembly(n.分解，拆卸)

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

词根记忆：来自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.

同根词：assembly(n.装配;集会)

7.assert v.断言（to affirm）；声称(to declare)

词根记忆：as+sert(插入)-强行插入观点--断言

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

派生词:setf-assertion(n.自作主张；专断)

8.assertion n.宣布(declaration)；断言，主张（affirmation）

词根记忆：来自assert(v.声明;坚持)

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

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

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

派生词:assessment(n.确定，评定)

10.asset n.资产，财产(resource)

例:intangible assets无形资产//physical assets有形资产，//fixed assets固定资产