Foreign words Flashcards by Jada Howell

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a priori

A

based a deduction, not fact

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ad hoc

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for a definite purpose

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ad nauseum

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continuing to a disgusting degree

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alfresco

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outdoors

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alter ego

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an alternate identity

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bête noire

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something disliked

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bona fide

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the real thing

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carpe diem

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seize the day

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carte blanche

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blank check, freedom; having discretion and authority

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casus belli

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justification for war

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caveat emptor

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buyer beware

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comme il faut

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like it should be

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corpus delicti

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evidence of a crime

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coup de grace

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a deathblow

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de facto

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actual reality

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de jure

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truth by technicality

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déjà vu

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a feeling that a new experience has happened before

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deus ex machina

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implausible answer to a problem

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doplegänger

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the ghostly or physical double of a person

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enfant terrible

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misbehaving child

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ex cathedra

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absolute authority

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fait accompli

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completed deed

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faux pas

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mistake made socially

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fiasco

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a ludicrous failure

idée fixe

an idea one obsesses on

in extremis

near death

in loco parentis

acting in a parents stead

in vino veritas

truth is found in wine

ipso facto

in and of itself

joie de vivre

joy of living

mea culpa

my fault

modus operandi

way of working

noblesse oblige

the way nobility must behave

nolo contendere

no contest

nom de plume

a pen name; an alias

non sequitur

doesn't follow logically

per se

by or in itself

persona non grata

someone disliked

prima facie

at first look

pro bono

work done without payment

pro forma

done as a formality

quid pro quo

an exchange

raison d'être

reason for being

rara avis

rare example

sangfroid

cool under pressure

schadenfreude

satisfaction from anothers misery

sine qua non

very important

status quo

the existing condition

sui generis

unique

tête-à-tête

a private conversation

veni, vidi, vici

i came, i saw, i conquered

verboten

forbidden

vis-à-vis

in relation to

weltschmerz

sadness because of the world's evils

zeitgeist

popular opinion of the time