Loan Words

Question 1

je ne sais quoi

Answer 1

a quality that is hard to (or cant be) named

The ad hoc lines made by the forgetful actor exhibitted a je ne sais quoi that instilled confusion among the audience.

Question 2

Ad hoc

Answer 2

as needed, quality of scrappiness due to improvision implied

The ad hoc lines made by the forgetful actor exhibitted a je ne sais quoi that instilled confusion among the audience.

Question 3

schadenfreude

Answer 3

feeling of pleasure derived from others pain

The man’s raison d’être was to satisfy his ever growing schadenfreude. Ergo, he spoke with language so invective and acted with such malice that he was eventually abandoned by all around him.

Question 4

raison d’être

Answer 4

reason to exist

The man’s raison d’être was to satisfy his ever growing schadenfreude. Ergo, he spoke with language so invective and acted with such malice that he was eventually abandoned by all around him.

Question 5

Ergo

Answer 5

therefore

The man’s raison d’être was to satisfy his ever growing schadenfreude. Ergo, he spoke with language so invective and acted with such malice that he was eventually abandoned by all around him.

Question 6

quid pro quo

Answer 6

something in exchange for something else

The money was a quid quo pro for the politicians silence