1. Foreign Words and Phrases

2. RSVP Please respond

3. Déjá vu the experience of feeling sure that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously

4. faux pas A social blunder

5. faux pas

6. du jour Made for a particular day

7. bon voyage Have a nice trip

8. Alma mater the school, college, or university that one has attended

9. Cum laude with praise; an honor added to a diploma or degree for work above average. praise

10. Femme fatale fem fa tal an alluring and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire

11. Esprit de corps espree decor group spirit; sense of pride, honor, etc. shared by those in the same group or undertaking

12. verbatim Word for word

13. E pluribus unum e plura bus u num out of many, one

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15. Prima donna first lady

17. Avant-garde a pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the norm or the status quo, primarily in the cultural realm. normstatus quonormstatus quo

18. Avant-garde

19. Status quo status quo--the present, existing state of affairs

20. Joie de vivre juwah de viv a cheerful enjoyment of life life

21. Joie de vivre

22. Carte blanche Carte blanche kärt blänch unconditional authority

23. Caveat emptor cav e ot emp tor “let the buyer beware;” the buyer is responsible for assessing the value of what is purchased at the time of the purchase

24. Alpha and omega the beginning and the end: alpha and omega are respectively the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet

26. Tabula rasa The premise that individual human beings are born with no innate or built-in mental content, in a word, "blank", and that their entire resource of knowledge is built up gradually from their experiences and sensory perceptions.

27. Hoi polloi hoy poloy the masses; the people

28. Ad nauseam continuing "to the point of nausea.“ nausea END of ENGLISH I LIST