Multiple choice

Which cluster has all the words that belong to the headword ‘axe’?

  1. Hatchet, cleaver, dismiss, promote, elegant

  2. Sack, indulge, tree, fell, reduce

  3. Abandon, end, cancel, scrap, start

  4. Hatchet, superior, postpone, closure, abolition

  5. Chopper, eliminate, fire, oust, chop
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Explanation

All words in this group belong to the headword axe. A chopper is a cutting tool much like an axe. As a verb, axe means ideas such as abolish, eliminate, terminate, chop, close, dismiss, sack, oust etc.

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