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Vocabulary 7 Flashcards

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Fiancé

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A man engaged to be married

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noblesse oblige

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Benevolent honorable behavior considered to be the responsibility of a persons of high birth or rank

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A cappella

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Without instrumental accompaniment

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Non sequitur

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Logic and inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises, A statement containing an illogical conclusion

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Patois

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Original form of language jargon, a rural or provincial form of speech

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Potpourri

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A mixture of dried puddles of roses or other flowers with spices kept in a jar for their fragrance

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Passé

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No longer fashionable or in wide use

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proviso

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A clause in a statute contract or the like

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Misogamist

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One who hates marriage

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Amateur

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A person who engages in study sports or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons

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Quid pro quo

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One thing in return for another something that is given or taken in return for something else substitute

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En masse

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Altogether in one group or body

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Vis-à-vis

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Face-to-face in relation to or compared with

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Soirée

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An evening party or social gathering

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Leviathan

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A sea monster any huge marine animal as the whale

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Piece de resistance

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The principal dish of a meal the most noteworthy feature aspect event etc. of a series or group

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Macabre

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Gruesome and horrifying ghastly horrible

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Bourgeois

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A member of the middle class

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Evanescent

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Tending to vanish like vapor fading away tending to pass away or become in perceptible

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Vignette

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A short descriptive literary sketch seen or instant as for a movie or a decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter

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Outre

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Passing the bounds of what his usual or considered proper unconventional or bizarre

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Piquant

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Agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor

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tête-à-tête

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Without the intrusion of a third person in intimate privacy talk

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Je ne sais quoi

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Something that cannot be adequately described or expressed

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La Dolce Vita

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The suite life the good life perceived as one of physical pleasure in self-indulgence

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Apropos

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At an appropriate time pertinent opportune

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Caveat emptor

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A commercial principle that without a warrantee the buyer takes upon himself the rest of quality

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Par excellence

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Being an example of excellence superior preeminent

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Status quo

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The existing state or condition

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Dolce far niente

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Carefree idleness

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Nuance

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A subtle difference or distinction in meaning

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Ambiance

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Surrounding atmosphere the mood character quality town atmosphere etc particularly of an environment

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Idèe fixe

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A fixed idea

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Memorabilia

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Things that are remarkable and worthy of remembrance

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Sub rosa

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Confidentiality secretly privately confidential secret private

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Savoir faire

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Debility to say or do the right and graceful thing

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Faux pas

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A slip or blender and etiquette and manners or conduct

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Grandeur

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The quality or state of being impressive or awesome lofty or elevated and conception or treatment

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Blasé

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Indifferent to or bored with life I’m impressed as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures

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Sotto voce

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In the low soft voice so as not to be overheard

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Hors d’oeuvre

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A small bit of advertising food as spicy meat fish cheese or preparation of chopped or clean foods often served on crackers or small piece of toast for eating a cocktail parties are other gatherings or drinks are served with no other food

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Post mortem

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Occurring or done after death

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Tour de force

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A feet requiring unusual strength and skill or ingenuity

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Pima Donna

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Leading woman soloist in an opera company vain and temperamental person

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Quasi

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Resembling or having a likeness to something

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