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I Often Refer to My Three Colleagues as "An Uptight

Question 96

Question 96

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I often refer to my three colleagues as "an uptight team." What am I using that might cause a misunderstanding?


A) emotive words
B) equivocal words
C) euphemisms
D) pragmatic wording

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