List6Nov21

Question 1

belabor

Answer 1

belabor​V. /嘴贫，过度的说；谩骂/explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; attack verbally. The debate coach warned her student not to bore the audience by belaboring her point.

Question 2

beleaguer

Answer 2

beleaguer​V. /攻击；使烦恼/besiege or attack; harassed. The babysitter was surrounded by a crowd of unmanageable brats who relentlessly beleaguered her.

Question 3

bent

Answer 3

bent​ADJ; N. /先天的/determined; natural talent or inclination. Bent on advancing in the business world, the secretary-heroine of Working Girl has a true bent for high finance.

Question 4

berate

Answer 4

berate​V. /严厉指责，谴责/scold strongly. He feared she would berate him for his forgetfulness.

Question 5

bicameral

Answer 5

bicameral​ADJ. /两院制的（参，众）/two-chambered, as a legislative body. The United States Congress is a bicameral body.

Question 6

blare

Answer 6

blare​N. /大声喊叫，令人眩晕的强光/loud, harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light. I don’t know which is worse: the steady blare of a boom box deafening your ears or a sudden blare of flashbulbs dazzling your eyes.