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

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idée fixe

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an idea one obsesses on

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in extremis

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near death

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in loco parentis

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acting in a parents stead

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in vino veritas

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truth is found in wine

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ipso facto

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in and of itself

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joie de vivre

A

joy of living

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mea culpa

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my fault

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modus operandi

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way of working

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noblesse oblige

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the way nobility must behave

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nolo contendere

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no contest

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nom de plume

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a pen name; an alias

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non sequitur

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doesn’t follow logically

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per se

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by or in itself

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persona non grata

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someone disliked

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prima facie

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at first look

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pro bono

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work done without payment

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pro forma

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done as a formality

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quid pro quo

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an exchange

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raison d’être

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reason for being

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rara avis

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rare example

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sangfroid

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cool under pressure

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schadenfreude

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satisfaction from anothers misery

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sine qua non

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very important

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status quo

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the existing condition

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sui generis

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unique

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tête-à-tête

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a private conversation

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veni, vidi, vici

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i came, i saw, i conquered

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verboten

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forbidden

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vis-à-vis

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in relation to

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weltschmerz

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sadness because of the world’s evils

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zeitgeist

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popular opinion of the time