[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to face in hostility or defiance; oppose :The feuding factions confronted one another.", "to present for acknowledgment, contradiction, etc.; set face to face:They confronted him with evidence of his crime.", "to face and deal with boldly or directly:The city refuses to confront the real reason for the housing shortage.", "to stand or come in front of; stand or meet facing:The two long-separated brothers confronted each other speechlessly.", "to be in one's way:the numerous obstacles that still confronted him.", "to bring together for examination or comparison."]}]