ab / abs root meaning

The ab / abs root means away, from, off, down, or apart.

Words with the ab / abs root

  • abdicate: to give up power or responsibility
  • aberrant: departing from the usual course
  • aberration: a departure from what is normal or expected
  • abject: miserable, degraded, or hopeless
  • abjure: to renounce formally
  • abrogate: to abolish or repeal formally
  • abrupt: sudden or unexpectedly broken off
  • abscond: to run away secretly or hide away
  • absent: not present; away
  • abstain: to hold back from doing or taking something
  • abstemious: restrained in eating or drinking
  • abstract: existing as an idea rather than a concrete thing
  • abstruse: difficult to understand

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