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.
Here are some suggestions: 1  learn the words that are important to the subjects you are studying. 2  learn the words that you read or hear again and again. 3  learn the words that you know you will often want to use yourself. 4  do not learn words that are rare or not useful (your teacher can help you with this).