EUPHEMISM : OFFENSE ::
Correct answer: B. prevarication : truth
- A. rhetoric : persuasion
- B. prevarication : truth
- C. metaphor : description
- D. repetition : boredom
- E. conciliation : appeasement
Explanation
A euphemism is used to avoid causing offense, while prevarication is used to evade or avoid the truth. Metaphor and repetition do not have this avoidance relationship with their second terms.
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