un.SEEM.ly
def: not according with established standards of good form or taste; not suitable for time or place.
syn: inappropriate, unseasonable, improper, unbecoming, wrong
ex: Matthew's outburst of laughter during a reverent moment was most unseemly.
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Perspicacious
per.spi.CA.cious
def: of acute mental vision or discernment
syn: keen
ex: Justin has a certain perspicacity that his present employer doesn't fully appreciate.
def: of acute mental vision or discernment
syn: keen
ex: Justin has a certain perspicacity that his present employer doesn't fully appreciate.
Euphemism
EU.phe.mism
def: the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant.
ex: using "eliminate" as a euphemism for "kill;" similarly, a euphemistic way to say someone has died is to say they "perished" or "moved on." Click here for a site with a great list of euphemisms.
def: the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant.
ex: using "eliminate" as a euphemism for "kill;" similarly, a euphemistic way to say someone has died is to say they "perished" or "moved on." Click here for a site with a great list of euphemisms.
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