Vocab 2 - Foreign Phrases

Question 0

angst

Answer 0

dread and anxiety

Question 1

ad nauseam

Answer 1

to a sickening degree

Question 2

au courant

Answer 2

up-to-date

Question 3

bete noire

Answer 3

something or someone particularly disliked

Question 4

cause celebre

Answer 4

a widely known controversial case or issue

Question 5

doppelganger

Answer 5

a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person

Question 6

enfant terrible

Answer 6

an incorrigible child; an outrageously outspoken or bold person

Question 7

entre nous

Answer 7

between ourselves; confidentially

Question 8

faux pas

Answer 8

a social blunder

Question 9

hoi polloi

Answer 9

the common people

Question 10

ipso facto

Answer 10

by the fact itself

Question 11

mea culpa

Answer 11

I am to blame

Question 12

memento mori

Answer 12

a reminder that you must die

Question 13

ne plus ultra

Answer 13

the most intense degree of a quality or state

Question 14

nom de plume

Answer 14

pen name

Question 15

nota bene

Answer 15

note well; take notice

Question 16

persona non grata

Answer 16

unnaceptable or unwelcome person

Question 17

sans souci

Answer 17

without a care

Question 18

savoir-faire

Answer 18

the ability to say and do the correct thing

Question 19

schafenfreude

Answer 19

pleasure at someone else’s misfortunes

Question 20

sic transit gloria mundi

Answer 20

thus passes away the glory of the world

Question 21

sotto voce

Answer 21

in a quiet voice, attempting not to be overheard

Question 22

sui generis

Answer 22

unique

Question 23

vox populi

Answer 23

the voice of the people

Question 24

Weltschmerz

Answer 24

sorrow over the evils of the world