He'd swaggered into the living room but had stopped cold when he saw Alfonso and asked, not joking but with real concern, "Did you hurt your head at school?" The word swaggered is an example of a.

“Swaggered” is a verb that means to walk in a confident, showy way. It creates a clear picture of how he entered the room, so it is a vivid verb. It is not an adjective or a comparison.

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