Word Knowledge
Improving your Word Knowledge score on the ASVAB depends upon your building your vocabulary by studying common ASVAB vocabulary words and reviewing prefixes, root word and suffixes. Knowing Latin and Greek roots plays an important part in boosting your ASVAB vocabulary score.
Today I present a question for the Word Knowledge section of the ASVAB.
The question is about the meaning of the prefix ab-.
There are many words in the English language with the prefix ab-.
Here are some of these words: abnormal, absent, abduct, abscond, abdicate, abvolate, aberrant. Do you know the meaning of all of these words? Knowing the meaning of the prefix ab- would help with understanding the meaning of numerous words
The question is:
What does the prefix ab- mean?
A. add
B. Away from
C. Toward
D. Alone
Do you know the meaning of ab-? I will present the definition of the above words with prefix ab- tomorrow and the meaning of the prefix ab-.
