A-BASH => "A" GOT BASHED AND BECAME "E" AS "A" WAS EMBARRASSED
ABASE
ABASE means to LESSEN , MITIGATE
A-BASE => "A" GOT BASHED AND BECAME "FLAT" AS IN REDUCED
Abjure
To Abjure means to give up
An Abdomen (Ab) is part of a jury and asks the prisoner to take an oath to give up eating fat
Abnegation
Self-Sacrifice
An Abdomen (Ab) is in an amphitheater and there are many gates. It is asked to pick any ("N" "E") gate to decide its fate. There are tigers behind all the gates. Hence picking any gate will be a suicide.The AB has to Self Sacrifice.
ABRIDGE
ABRIDGE means to be SHORTEN
A-BRIDGE => a BRIDGE IS USUALLY BUILT TO REDUCE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO PLACES THEREFORE TO SHORTEN