ab & absThese ROOT-WORDS are the Prefixes AB & ABS meaning AWAY, FROM & SEPARATION. Please note the two ways of spelling this ROOT-WORD. The s is added to AB before the letter t. It is easier to say AB stain than ABtain. The meaning of the ROOT-WORD remains the same. Learn to recognize this ROOT-WORD, and be sure it is at the beginning of the word and not at the end. In the middle of a word or at the end it is not the prefix. 1. Abbreviate : AB breviate (a bree’ vee ate) v. To shorten; make brief 2. Abdicate : AB dicate (ab’ di kate) v. To give up; as, abdicate a throne 3. Abduct : AB duct (ab dukt’) v. To lead away by force; kidnap 4. Aberration : AB erration (ab e ray’ shun) n. Act of wandering away; unsoundness of mind 5. Abhor : AB hor (ab hor’) v. To turn away from; loathe; shudder at 6. Abjure : AB jure (ab jure’) v. To swear away; renounce 7. Ablate : AB late (a’ blate) v. To remove; to cut away 8. Ablution : AB lution (a blue’ shun) n. The act of washing away; often in a rite 9. Abnegate : AB negate (ab’ ne gate) v. To relinquish; give up forever 10. Abnormal : AB normal (an nor’ mal) adj. Away from the normal; aberrant 11. Abolish : AB olish (a bol’ ish) v. Do away with; completely destroy 12. Abortion : AB ortion (a bor’ shun) n. A rubbing or scraping away 13. Abrasion : AB rasion (a bray zhun)n. A rubbing away 14. Abrogate : AB rogate (ab’ ro gate) v. To repeal; to do away with 15. Abscond : AB scond (ab skond’) v. To steal away and hide; to decamp 16. Absolve : AB solve (ah zolv’) v. To free from blame; exonerate 17. Abstain : AB stain (ab stane’) v. Hold off from; as, abstain from voting 18. Abstergent : ABS tergent (ab ster; jent) n. A cleanser; something to remove dirt 19. Abstract : ABS tract (ab strakt’) v. Draw away; separate from association 20. Absorb : AB sorb (ab sorb’) v. Such in; drink in; as, a sponge will absorb water | ||||||||
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