Words from other other languages - 8th Grade Unit 17

Saga

• Any very long story with dramatic events or parts

• Of or belonging to the past; not modern

• Not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.

• A source of great and sudden wealth or luck

Etiquette

• A house that usually has only one storey ( level)

• An object for sitting on and sliding

• Conventional requirements as to social behavior; properties of conduct as established in any class or community or for any occasion

• A physician who specializes in surgery.

Motto

• Words or behavior that are a social mistake or not polite

• A vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes

• An object for sitting on and sliding

• A sentence, phrase, or word expressing the spirit or purpose of a person, organization, city, etc., and often inscribed on a badge, banner, etc.

Faux pas

• Words or behavior that are a social mistake or not polite

• A store selling foods already prepared or requiring little preparation for serving, as cooked meats, cheese, salads, etc.

• Of or belonging to the past; not modern

• A source of great and sudden wealth or luck

Brusque

• A wide road in a city, usually with trees on each side or along the center

• Quick and rude in manner or speech

• A natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use, especially water for supplying a community, irrigating land, furnishing power, etc.

• A source of great and sudden wealth or luck

Bonanza

• The first year of school, for children aged five

• A vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes

• A hard rubber or plastic tube through which a swimmer can breathe while moving face down at or just below the surface of the water

• A source of great and sudden wealth or luck

Opaque

• A small tree from North America and East Asia that has nuts that can be eaten

• Not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.

• A complete and ignominious failure

• A wide road in a city, usually with trees on each side or along the center

Delicatessen

• A house that usually has only one storey ( level)

• Of or belonging to the past; not modern.

• A liquid that is painted on wood or metal and forms a hard, shiny surface when it dries

• A store selling foods already prepared or requiring little preparation for serving, as cooked meats, cheese, salads,etc.

Antique

• Quick and rude in manner or speech

• A hard rubber or plastic tube through which a swimmer can breathe while moving face down at or just below the surface of the water

• Of or belonging to the past; not modern.

• A physician who specializes in surgery.

Hickory

• A small tree from North America and East Asia that has nuts that can be eaten

• A sentence, phrase, or word expressing the spirit or purpose of a person, organization, city, etc., and often inscribed on a badge, banner, etc.

• A source of great and sudden wealth or luck

• Any very long story with dramatic events or parts