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Confrontation

v.

accost

Meaning: to confront verbally

Usage: Though Antoinette was normally quite calm, when the waiter spilled soup on her for the fourth time in 15 minutes she stood up and accosted the man.

v.

repulse

Meaning: to disgust 2. to push back

Usage: The strong smell repulsed the students as they entered the lab.

adj.

truculent

Meaning: ready to fight, cruel

Usage: This club doesn’t really attract the dangerous types, so why was that bouncer being so truculent?

adj.

feral

Meaning: wild, savage

Usage: That beast looks so feral that I would fear being alone with it.

adj.

callous

Meaning: harsh, cold, unfeeling

Usage: The callous remark hurt his classmate’s feelings.

adj.

grievous

Meaning: injurious, hurtful; serious or grave in nature

Usage: Leaving the team without a coach before the final game was a grievous mistake.