Foreign Words

Practice for English I EOC

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the feeling you have experienced something before

deja vu

embarrassing mistake (usually manners or behavior)

faux pas

of the day, like "soup du jour", soup of the day

du jour

good trip

bon voyage

school at which you studied, usually the school you graduated from

alma mater

academic honor received at graduation

cum laude

attractive, dangerous woman, also called a siren

femme fatale

a sense of unity

esprit de corps

exactly the same words, word for word

verbatim

out of many, one

e pluribus unum

spoiled girl

prima donna

advanced group in any field, unorthodox methods

avant-garde

existing condition

status quo

carefree enjoyment of living

joie de vivire

full dicretionary power

carte blanche

let the buyer beware

caveat emptor

beginning, end of something

alpha and omega

mind not yet affected by experiences

tabula rasa

the common people

hoi polloi

over and over to a sickening or disgusting degree

ad nauseam

usually the dictionary meaning

denotative meaning

different meaning depending on the usage

connotative meaning