Foreign Words List 1

Question 1

In toto

Answer 1

As a whole; totally

Question 2

Tête-à-tête

Answer 2

A private conversation between two people

Question 3

Inter alia

Answer 3

Among other things

Question 4

Pièce de résistance

Answer 4

Masterpiece

Question 5

Faux pas

Answer 5

Social blunder; socially embarrassing mistake

Question 6

Force majeure

Answer 6

Unforeseeable event (such as war, earthquake, or extreme weather)

Question 7

Crème de la crème

Answer 7

The best in a group

Question 8

Status quo

Answer 8

The present situation; the existing state of affairs

Question 9

Avant-garde

Answer 9

New and experimental, usually pertaining to the arts

Question 10

De rigueur

Answer 10

Required by etiquette, fashion, or convention

Question 11

Compos mentis

Answer 11

Of sound mind

Question 12

Non sequitir

Answer 12

Statement does not follow logically from the previous statements

Question 13

Au fait

Answer 13

To be familiar with something

Question 14

Quid pro quo

Answer 14

Something given in return for something else

Question 15

Savoir faire

Answer 15

The ability to behave appropriately and confidently in social situations

Question 16

Modus operandi

Answer 16

A way of doing something

Question 17

Faute de mieux

Answer 17

For lack of something better

Question 18

Prima facie

Answer 18

At first sight; based on first impression; self-evident

Question 19

Mea culpa

Answer 19

“My fault”

Question 20

Au contraire

Answer 20

On the contrary