笔者在后面的附录五中列出了这样的一些抽象词和抽象词组，然后由于编写本书的时间太仓促，笔者未能对单词在文章中的用法和其真正意义给出详细的解释，这是本书的一大遗憾。希望在再版时能够把注释补充进来。
需要说明的一点是，抽象词因人而异，无法统一，所以本书所给出的抽象词不应成为所有读者的标准。如果大家发现有些单词可以理解得很透彻，则可以从书中划去;而且笔者也承认，由于没有充足的时间，本书所搜罗的四百余个抽象词和抽象词组也不一定完整。如果读者在阅读当中遇到本书没有给出的抽象词，请自行补充。
Abolitionism Assume Commentary Academic Assumption
Commit Acceptance Attain Competent Accidental
Attitude Complex Accommodate Attune Comprise
Acknowledge Authenticate Conception Acknowledgement Authorization
Conceptual Acquisition Availability Conclusion Address
Beset Conditional Adjustment Boom Configuration
Aesthetic Border Confine Anecdotal Broad
Confrontation Antithesis Capable Confuse Apparently
Channel Congenial Apportion Characteristic Consequently
Appraise Characterization Considerably Approach Charting
Consign Approximation Claim Constitute Apt
Classical Constitution Architectural Clerical Construct
Argue Clinical Construction Art Coexistent
Consume Artifact Coherently Consumption Aspect
Coincidently Contemplate Assess Commend Contemporary
Contend Distinguished Function Contentious Doctrine
Functional Continuously Domain Fundamental Contravention
Draft Gain Conventionalize Dramatize General
Conventionally Drawing Generalization Correspond Corrupt
Council Counteraction Counterexample Critical Crucial
Debate Defend Definition Demanding Democracy
Denote Departure Depiction Derivative Descriptive
Devise Devoted Diagnose Dimension Discernible
Discerning Discharge Discursive Dismal Dismay
Dispute Dissemination Dissension Dissolution Distinction
Distinguish Dubious Ecclesiastical edition Effect
Elementary Emancipation Emotional Empirical Emulate
Encompass Encounter Encouraging Energetic Enfranchisement
Engage Engagement Epistemology Established Establishment
Ethics Ethnic Event Exceed Exclusively
Expense Explanatory Extension Facility Feeling
Fitness Fortuitous Foster Framework Genuine
Genus Given Global Grateful Ground
Hard-nosed Horizontal Identical Identification Identify
Illusory Implication Impression Impulse Inadvertent
Incentive Incidence Incomparable Incompatibility Incorporate
Indicate Individualism Inert Inevitably Infinite
Informal Inherently Inhibit Innocent Innuendo
Inordinately Inquiry Insofar Inspiration Instance
Institution Insufficient Insult Intellectual Intensely
Intensity Intentional Interact Interpretation Intricacy
Intriguing Intuitive Inversion Invert Investigation
Inveterate Irrational Judgment Justification Justify
Law Lawsuit League Legacy literalize
Literally Literary Literature Logic Maintain
Mandate Margin Mastery Means Mechanically
Mechanism Mental Merit Midst Mistakenly