Vivacious Vocabulary - Foreign Words

What does faux pas mean?

• A fake friend

• A social mistake

• An animal from France

What does critique mean?

• An act of criticizing or evaluating

• To think critically

• A specialized ballet move

What does aficionado mean?

• A specialized type of pasta from Italy

• A person who is smart

• A person who is very knowledgeable about an activity or subject

What does bona fide mean?

• Authentic or True

• A giant bonfire

• Something good

What does kudos mean?

• A granola bar

• To put someone down

• To praise or honor

What does carpe diem mean?

• A type of fish found in rivers

• To urge someone to make the most of the present time

• To grab something from the future

What does ad lib mean?

• To advertise something freely

• To complete something without practice before

• To rehearse something over and over again

What does caveat mean?

• To have conditions or limitations

• A carrot from Germany

• To have no rules

What does status quo mean?

• Someone's status

• A person's popularity

• To keep the things the way they presently are

What does glitch mean?

• To mess up

• To jump

• A sudden, sometimes temporary, malfunction