3500 ACT Vocabulary
3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (2) - Matching Quizzes
bandleader 
1
 | (自夸,吹嘘) boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person |
| (乐队指挥) leader of a dance band; musician who leads a band of musicians |
| (可笑的,嘲弄的) good-natured ridiculing; cleverly amusing in tone |
| (遮盖,不让看清楚) make less visible; obscure or blur; darken with or as if with clouds |
bandy
2
| (有条纹或斑点的) of brownish, tawny colour, with streaks, spots, or patterns |
| (钻孔,令人厌烦) drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill |
| (花,开花) flower; blossom; best time of youth; period of greatest prosperity or productivity |
| (传话) discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly |
bantering
3
| (传话) discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly |
| (残忍的) beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason |
| (泥泞的,湿的) wet thoroughly; stain with mud; soil or wet by dragging in dirt, mud, moist places |
| (可笑的,嘲弄的) good-natured ridiculing; cleverly amusing in tone |
barely
4
| (仅仅) just; only; hardly; scarcely |
| (乐队指挥) leader of a dance band; musician who leads a band of musicians |
| (使迷惑,使昏乱) lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes |
| (给予) give as gift; present |
bawdy
5
| (搞砸) mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner |
| (阻止,阻碍) hinder; obstruct; indicate broadly without great detail; sketch |
| (花,开花) flower; blossom; best time of youth; period of greatest prosperity or productivity |
| (猥亵的,下流的,卖淫的) indecent; obscene; humorously coarse |
becloud
6
| (田园的) rustic; pastoral; agricultural; relating to country affairs, or to shepherd's life and occupation |
| (遮盖,不让看清楚) make less visible; obscure or blur; darken with or as if with clouds |
| (怪物,怪兽) huge creature; something enormous in size or power |
| (两院立法制的) composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches |
bequeath
7
| (遗赠,遗留) leave to someone by a will; hand down |
| (自夸,吹嘘) boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person |
| (骗) defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from |
| (可漂浮的,乐观的) able to float; cheerful and optimistic |
bestial
8
| (订婚) become engaged to marry; promise to marry |
| (泥泞的,湿的) wet thoroughly; stain with mud; soil or wet by dragging in dirt, mud, moist places |
| (残忍的) beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason |
| (给予) give as gift; present |
bewilder
9
| (使静止不动,使停泊) keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still |
| (残忍的) beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason |
| (使迷惑,使昏乱) lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes |
| (狂暴,喧嚣) rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline |
bicameral
10
| (搞砸) mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner |
| (两院立法制的) composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches |
| (良性的,好的,和蔼可亲的) kindly; favorable; not malignant |
| (订婚) become engaged to marry; promise to marry |