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Foreign-Popular Flashcards

1
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Galore.

As much as you like. Until your heart is content.

AD LIBITUM: At your leisure.

A

A GOGO

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Inductive reasoning:
Inferring the cause from the observed effect.

Reasoning the cause from the effect.

EMPIRICAL (observed, experienced) based.

A

A POSTERIORI

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Deductive reasoning:
Inferring an effect from a theory or hypothesis.

Reasoning the effect from a cause through logic. Cause & effect.

THEORETICAL (conclusions from ‘it-follows’ logic) based.

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A PRIORI

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4
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At one’s leisure.

Not indispensable or obligatory.

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AD LIBITUM

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5
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“For the case”

Appointed to represent someone incapable of representing themselves (incapacitated, unavailable, incompetent)

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AD LITEM

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6
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Self confidence or assurance in light of a demanding situation.

Poise, composed

OR

Perpendicular, upright, vertically situated

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APLOMB

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7
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Made for a particular customer or usage.

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BESPOKE

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Unimpressed or indifferent due to overexposure.

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BLASÉ

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Characteristically middle class with its perceived materialistic values and conventional attitudes.

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BOURGEOIS (bourgeoisie)

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10
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Seize the day/night.

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CARPE DIEM/NOCTEM

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11
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Act of overthrowing.

OR

A successful stroke or move.

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COUP

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12
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Knockout blow.

OR

The event that serves as the culmination of a deteriorating situation.

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COUP DE GRACE

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13
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Seizure of power.

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COUP D’ETAT

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14
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Easing of hostilities.

Armistice, truce, ceasefire, cessation of hostilities.

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DETENTE

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15
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“God from a machine”

Unexpected power saves a hopeless situation.

Often a contrived plot device.

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DEUS EX MACHINA

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16
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Sprightliness of spirit, with a lively intelligence.

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ESPRIT

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Feeling of pride, fellowship, and loyalty shared by members of a group.

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ESPRIT DE CORPS

18
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“Economic man”

Views humans as self-interested agents who seek utility-maximizing outcomes.

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HOMO ECONOMICUS

19
Q

Extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation.

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IMBROGLIO

20
Q

Mark of approval or endorsement.

HISTORICALLY:

License by the Roman Catholic Church to print an ecclesiastical book.

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IMPRIMATUR

21
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Among other things.

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INTER ALIA

22
Q

By that fact or act.

The direct consequence of the specific action in question.

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IPSO FACTO

23
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The occurrence of an accident itself implies negligence.

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RES IPSA LOQUITUR

24
Q

Quality that cannot be adequately expressed in words.

An ineffable trait.

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JE NE SAIS QUOI

25
Q

Act in an excessively subservient manner.

Fawning, cowering, prostrating EFFUSIVELY.

A

KOWTOW

26
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Pen name, alias, or pseudonym.

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NON DE PLUME

27
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Argument having conclusions not supported by its premises.

It does not logically follow…

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NON SEQUITUR

28
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Unusual and startling.

Offbeat, unorthodox, unconventional, bizarre

Out-of-bounds to the ordinary.

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OUTRE’

29
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For this occasion only.

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PRO HAC VICE

30
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As needed.

OR

For a particular purpose.

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AD HOC

31
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Concerning workers or the working class regarded collectively.

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PROLETARIAN (proletariat)

32
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Reason for existence; the justification.

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RAISON D’ETRE

33
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Disproof of a proposition by showing the absurdity to which it leads when carried to its logical conclusion.

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REDUCTIO AD ABSURDAM

34
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Brought back.

Revived or resurrected into popularity.

Made fashionable once again.

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REDUX

35
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Person that tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.

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RACONTEUR

36
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In a class alone (one of a kind).

Unique, peculiar, singular.

A SUI GENERIS authority - one that must be confided to its own facts, and is not appropriate for further extrapolation.

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SUI GENERIS

37
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An over-abundance of something.

A superabundance, plethora, or oversupply.

Opposite of a DEARTH

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SURFEIT

38
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The lowest point in fortunes of a person or organization.

The anticlimax or lowest depths.

Opposite of ZENITH, VERTEX, PINNACLE or SUMMIT.

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NADIR

39
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A good or praiseworthy deed.

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MITZVAH

40
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The wise word was stated. No need to say another word,

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VERBUM SAP

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