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8th Gr. - Vocab. Word List #9 - Borrowed Words

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define éclair:

a)

A long thin pastry filled with whipped cream or custard.

b)

A small usually ring-shaped piece of sweet fried dough.

c)

A seasoned and garnished veal cutlet.

2.

Define paparazzi:

a)

A socially awkward or tactless act; a significant or embarrassing error or mistake : BLUNDER.

b)

Something that is very valuable, profitable, or rewarding; extravaganza.

c)

Photographers or reporters who pursue celebrities to take candid pictures.

3.

Define faux pas:

a)

Something that is very valuable, profitable, or rewarding; extravaganza.

b)

A socially awkward or tactless act; a significant or embarrassing error or mistake : BLUNDER.

c)

An apparition or double of a living person.

4.

Define bonanza:

a)

Something that is very valuable, profitable, or rewarding; extravaganza.

b)

A class of intellectuals.

c)

An apparition or double of a living person.

5.

Define doppelgänger:

a)

An apparition or double of a living person; someone who looks like someone else.

b)

A faint shadowy trace.

c)

A false image in a photographic negative or on a television screen caused especially by reflection.

6.

Define intelligentsia:

a)

A class of college students.

b)

A class of teachers.

c)

A class of intellectuals.

7.

Define bangle:

a)

An ornamental bracelet or anklet slipped or clasped on.

b)

A Christmas ornament.

c)

A church ornament hung at the entrance.

8.

Define karaoke:

a)

An act of preaching.

b)

An act of singing along to music view without original singer.

c)

An act of public speaking.

9.

Define angst:

a)

A feeling of fear, dread, anxiety, or anguish.

b)

A feeling of joy, peach, calm, and tranquility.

c)

None of the above.

10.

Define embargo:

a)

A shipment delivered express two days.

b)

An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.

c)

Open trade market dealings on the stock market.

11.

Choose the correct spelling:

a)

paparazi

b)

paparazzi

c)

paprazi

12.

Choose the correct spelling:

a)

doppelganger

b)

dopleganger

c)

dapplaganger

13.

Choose the correct spelling:

a)

faux pase

b)

fauxe pase

c)

faux pas

14.

Choose the correct spelling:

a)

ecleir

b)

eclair

c)

eclaair

15.

Choose the correct spelling:

a)

intelligentsia

b)

intelligent

c)

intelegentsia

16.

What is the word origin of angst?

a)

German

b)

French

c)

Japanese

17.

What is the word origin of bangle?

a)

French

b)

Italian

c)

Hindi

18.

What is the word origin of bonanza?

a)

Italian

b)

Spanish

c)

French

19.

What is the word origin of karaoke?

a)

Vietnamese

b)

Chinese

c)

Japanese

20.

What is the word origin of embargo?

a)

Spanish

b)

Italian

c)

French