MEANING PHRASES

SAT PREP

CLUSTERS 5

 

by:  Carl H. Peterson

Copyright 2004

All rights reserved.

 

 

abasement or demotion

abasing remarks or insults

abased by the boss

 

abashed by failure

embarrassed when losing

 

abate your losses

abatement of my money

decrease or lessen

 

abbreviate words

shorten language

abbreviation

abbreviate your vacation

 

abdicate power

give up control

abdication of throne

 

aberrant behavior

deviant actions

behave aberrantly

 

abeyance

plans are in abeyance

suspend the plan

hold off for now

abhor terror

hate violence

abhorrent actions

hateful events

 

abject circumstances

abject poverty

hopeless situation

 

abjure your evil ways

give up the bad

Abjure the past live in the now.

 

morning ablution

morning bath

a washing of

ablution of sins

ablutionary confession

 

Buddha’s abnegation of the body

denial

abnegate your religion

deny your faith

 

abolish slavery

eliminate slavery

John Brown was an abolitionist.

 

abominable snowman

awful behavior

That’s an abomination!

That’s an outrage!

 

aboriginal tribes

native peoples

Aborigines in Australia