Arrange the Lettered Items Below in Order of Increasingly Favorable

Essay

Arrange the lettered items below in order of increasingly favorable emotive meaning. Instructor and/or students may want to fuss about some of our rankings in these problems. We've said (a) = (b) when (a) and (b) seem equally favorable to us.
I've known Hawthorne for twenty years, and you're right, he's
a. domineering.
b. masterful.
c. lordly.
d. overbearing.
e. dictatorial.
f. bossy.