Answer:
A
Explanation:
It is much easier to answer this if you know what kind of word you are looking for.
To ____ something means that you are using a verb.
Fastidious is an adjective. It means that someone is fussy and tidy. Since you want a verb, you cannot use an adjective.
The eloquent professor held our attention for a full hour as he explained in some detail the Cuban Missile Crisis. Eloquent is also an adjective. It cannot be what the coach did. Eloquent means exceptionally well spoken. A coach would be pretty blunt about his response to a lost game.
Chagrin can be a verb, but only in its participle form. He was chagrined when he learned his science mark. Sad, unhappy at failing at something. However Chagrin itself is a noun. It is used as sad or downtrodden would be used. He felt a good deal of chagrin when she calmly told him she would not go out with him. A coach would angry, not chagrined.
No doubt about it, an angry coach would have browbeat his team when they lost because of an error. "Why in the world would you throw to first with a man on third and one out in a 1 to 0 ballgame in the bottom of the ninth? Could you tell me what was going on in that pin headed brain of yours"
Answer: A
browbeat is a verb. It means to humiliate or take after someone without being gentle or kind. It is a blunt put down.
