100 English prefixes & word roots 1 (ab, abs: away, from)

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  1. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
  2. abduct
    take away to an undisclosed location against their will
  3. aberration
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  4. abhor
    feel hatred or disgust toward
  5. abject
    of the most contemptible kind
  6. abjure
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
  7. abnegate
    deny or renounce
  8. abnormal
    not typical or usual or regular
  9. abominate
    find repugnant
  10. aboriginal
    having existed from the beginning
  11. abrade
    rub hard or scrub
  12. abrogate
    revoke formally
  13. abrupt
    exceedingly sudden and unexpected
  14. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  15. absence
    the state of being not present
  16. absolute
    perfect or complete or pure
  17. absolve
    grant remission of a sin to
  18. absorb
    take in a liquid
  19. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  20. abstract
    existing only in the mind
  21. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  22. absurd
    inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
  23. abundant
    present in great quantity
  24. abuse
    cruel or inhumane treatment
Created on Sun Jan 29 15:56:55 EST 2012 (updated Thu Mar 18 18:41:02 EDT 2021)

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