Ab Flashcards
Abdicate
To renounce or relinquish a throne
Abduct
Take away by force
Abject
Cast down, degraded
Abolish
To do away with, make void
Abstinence
Forbearance from any indulgence of appetite
Abstract
Conceived apart from concrete realities, specific objects or actual instances
Abstruse
Hard to understand; secret, hidden
Ab
Off, away from, apart, down
Abrogate
To abolish by formal means; annul by an authoritative act; to put an end to
Ablation
The removal, especially of organs, abnormal growths or harmful substances, from the body via surgery. Or reduction in volume of glacial ice/snow by melting/evaporation.
Ablution
Cleansing with water or liquid usually as a religious ritual
Abnegation
Act of abnegating- denying oneself rights or conveniences; relinquishing a right or possession