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Confronting |
meet (someone) face to face with hostile or argumentative intent.”I confronted my boss this morning” |
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Contempt |
the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn.”He showed contempt for his job by doing it badly” |
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Exasperated |
irritate intensely;”I exasperated my boss this morning” |
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Implored |
beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.”I begged my mom for Starbucks” |
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Intently |
with earnest and eager attention. "he gazed at her intently" |
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Occupying |
reside or have one's place of business”The apartment she occupies in Manhattan” |
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Scornfully |
is defined as something done without respect,”I did something scronfully to my teacher” |
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Strident |
loud and harsh”I stridentfully walked into the classroom” |
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Subsided |
become less intense, violent, or severe”I went to the therapist so I could become subsided” |
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Warily |
cautiously; carefully.”I walked warily down the stairs” |