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Foreign words

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Means please respond

a)

de ja vu

b)

carte blanche

c)

RSVP

d)

bete noire

2.

Means joy of living

a)

je ne sais quoi

b)

c' est la vie

c)

cause celebre

d)

joie de vivre

3.

mean word for word

a)

verbatim

b)

cum laude

c)

caveat emptor

d)

carpe diem

4.

means that is

a)

ad hominem

b)

id est

c)

ad hoc

d)

ad nauseam

5.

means voice of the people

a)

vox populi

b)

hoi polloi

c)

enfant terrible

d)

prima donna

6.

When the receiver drops the ball, he would say

a)

mea culpa

b)

savoir faire

c)

carpe diem

d)

alma mater

7.

For most students homework is their

a)

status quo

b)

bete noire

c)

faux pas

d)

sub rosa

8.

Many of our political representatives vote

a)

ad hominem

b)

post hoc

c)

in absentia

d)

tabula rasa

9.

When you buy a used car, remember this phrase

a)

alpha and omega

b)

caveat emptor

c)

je ne sais quoi

d)

persona non grata

10.

When you take a cruise, many people say this phrase to you

a)

savoir faire

b)

bon voyage

c)

quid pro quo

d)

sine qua non

11.

means joy from others misfortune

a)

joie de vivre

b)

noblesse oblige

c)

schadenfreude

d)

avant-garde

12.

When you are feeling you have already done or seen an event before, you are experiencing

a)

deja vu

b)

coup d'etat

c)

haute couture

d)

laissez faire

13.

The rich people of the country wish to keep the __________ in place.

a)

status quo

b)

cum laude

c)

magnum opus

d)

raison deter

14.

means spirit of the group

a)

hoi polloi

b)

vox populi

c)

cause celebre

d)

esprit de corps

15.

This happens when you are having fun.

a)

bona fide

b)

tempus fugit

c)

faux pas

d)

non sequitur

16.

means with praise

a)

ad hoc

b)

post hoc

c)

en masse

d)

cum laude

17.

means responsibility of high birth

a)

noblesse oblige

b)

E pluribus unum

c)

carte blanche

d)

persona non grata

18.

means reason for being

a)

haute couture

b)

enfant terrible

c)

savoir faire

d)

raison deter

19.

means seductive woman

a)

enfant terrible

b)

femme fatale

c)

doppelganger

d)

carte blanche

20.

No one want to make a ____________ when they meet important people.

a)

en masse

b)

faux pas

c)

mea culpa

d)

id est

21.

means that's life

a)

je ne sais quoi

b)

joie de vivre

c)

savoir faire

d)

c `est la vie

22.

means to this

a)

post hoc

b)

ad hoc

c)

ad hominem

d)

id est

23.

means does not follow

a)

ad hominem

b)

post hoc

c)

non sequitur

d)

sine qua non

24.

means because of this

a)

post hoc

b)

ad hominem

c)

ad hoc

d)

id est

25.

means solid ground

a)

terra firma

b)

enfant terrible

c)

ad nauseam

d)

carpe diem

26.

means seize the day

a)

E pluribus unum

b)

carpe diem

c)

modus operandi

d)

coup d'etat

27.

means large body/group

a)

card stacking

b)

esprit de corps

c)

alma mater

d)

en masse

28.

Because you attend GHS, it is your

a)

bete noire

b)

alpha and omega

c)

alma mater

d)

straw man

29.

It is said everyone has one of these in the world.

a)

doppleganger

b)

hoi polloi

c)

nom de plume

d)

laissez faire

30.

If they kick you out of the group, you have become __________________

a)

persona non grata

b)

prima donna

c)

cause celebre

d)

red herring

31.

means God from machine

a)

carte blanche

b)

caveat emptor

c)

dues ex machine

d)

prima donna

32.

means clean slate/tablet

a)

tabula rasa

b)

sine qua non

c)

E pluribus enum

d)

ad nauseam

33.

mean widespread controversy

a)

magnum opus

b)

modus operandi

c)

laissez faire

d)

cause celebre

34.

means constantly vexing/embarrassing

a)

faux pas

b)

savoir faire

c)

enfant terrible

d)

laissez faire

35.

You meet a person and he or she has that little something you don't know what about him or her. The "it" factor.

a)

joie devivre

b)

je ne sais quoi

c)

c `est la vie

d)

savoir faire

36.

means good faith

a)

schadenfreude

b)

bona fide

c)

sub rosa

d)

raison deter

37.

means something for something

a)

cum laude

b)

quid pro quo

c)

mea culpa

d)

coup d'tate

38.

means overthrow authority/government

a)

coup d'tate

b)

status quo

c)

du jour

d)

noblesse oblige

39.

means of the day

a)

deja vu

b)

du jour

c)

hoi polloi

d)

sub rosa

40.

means to distract from issue/false clue

a)

sine qua non

b)

straw man

c)

card stacking

d)

red herring

41.

Mark Twain was Samuel Clements _____________________

a)

nom de plume

b)

raison deter

c)

modus operandi

d)

ad hominem

42.

Means great work

a)

haute couture

b)

mangnum opus

c)

straw man

d)

prima donna

43.

Means the people

a)

vox populi

b)

E pluribus unum

c)

avant-garde

d)

hoi polloi

44.

Means choose whatever

a)

carte blanche

b)

du jour

c)

sine qua non

d)

savoir faire