The scale asks people the extent to which they would be accepting of each group (a score of 1.00 for a group is taken to indicate no social distance): As close relatives by marriage (i.e., as the legal spouse of a close relative) (score 1.00)
1 That's not a bad day, it's atrocious. 2  Spanking: The only socially-acceptable way to incorporate spanking into a polite conversation is to use it instead of the word good.. 3  Transcendent: If you say something is awesome, you're saying it inspires fear or awe in you.
Several words and expressions can be used to say that something is the case to a smaller or greater extent. Rather is also used to soften the effect of the word or expression that follows it. For example, if someone asks you to do something, you might say 'I'm rather busy'.