ab- = away
(1) abaxial assonance:ax meaning:away from the central line example:the abaxial surface of a leaf  (2)abdicate assonance:dicate meaning:to give up the position of being king or queen ; to fail or refuse to perform a duty example:he abdicates all right to be his own governor.  (3)abduce assonance:duke meaning:to draw to a different part example:if we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate.  (4)abduct assonance:duck meaning:to take somebody away illegally by fiolence example:he had attempted to abduct the two children.  (5)abject assonance:reject meaning:terrible and without hope example:abject poverty  (6)abominate assonance:bomb meaning:to feel hatred or disgust for something/somebody example:all the teachers abominate cheating in examinations.  (7)abortion assonance:boring meaning:the deliberate ending of a pregnancy at an early stage example:she decided to have an abortion. (8)abrade assonance:red meaning:to rub the surface of something, , and damage it or make it rough. ecample:much of the skin on her arm was abraded.  (9)abrupt assonance:ruck meaning:unexpectedly sudden ecample:i don't know the cause of his abrupt leave.  (10)abscess assonance:sence meaning:a swollen and infected area on your skin or in your body, full of a thick yellowish liquid ecample:he has a bad abscess under that tooth.  (11)abscond assonance:cone meaning:to escape from a place ecample:he absconded from the bank with all the money.  (12)abstain assonance:stain meaning:to stay away from something ecample:his doctor ordered him to abstain from beer and wine.  (13)abstract assonance:street meaning:based on general ideas and not on any particular real person, thing or situation. ecample:abstract principles  (14)abstruse assonance:truth meaning:difficult to understand ecample:einstein’s theory of relativity is very abstruse.  (15)abundant assonance:bone meaning:existing in large quantities ecample:we have abundant evidence to prove his guilt.  |