SAT PHRASES B2

MEANING CLUSTERS

 

aboriginal tribes

native peoples

Aborigines in Australia

 

abortive measure

stopping action

 

abort the project

abort the embryo

abortion procedure

 

Abrasive language

includes swearing.

 

Abrasive cleaners

include Ajax.

like sandpaper

 

Abrasion a scrape

Abrasively or coarsely

 

abridge a text

shorten a book

 

an abridgement

is condensed

 

abridging the book

shortening the novel

 

abrogate a law

repeal the rule

 

abrogation of slavery

elimination of slaves

 

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white collar criminals

abscond with money

run off with cash

 

The absconder

ran from the cops.

 

absolute authority

tyranny

all powerful

absolute power

 

absolve from guilt

found not guilty

absolved from sin

 

The absolver

forgave me.

 

Jaywalking is

an absolvable crime.

 

Abstain from voting

refrain from

don’t do it

abstain from drinking

 

abstemious monks

 

sexual abstinence

 

abstract thought

theoretical

abstract painting

unrealistic painting

 

An abstraction

is a theory.

 

Thinking outside the box