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Ad hoc

A

For a definite purpose

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A priori

A

Based on deduction, not fact

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Ad nauseum

A

Continuing to a disgusting degree

3
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Alfresco

A

Outdoors

4
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Bête noire

A

Something disliked

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Carte blanche

A

Blank check or freedom

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Casus belli

A

Justification for war

7
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Caveat emptor

A

Buyer beware

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Comme il faut

A

Like it should be

9
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Corpus delicti

A

Evidence of a crime

10
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Coup de grace

A

A deathblow

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De facto

A

Actual reality

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De jure

A

Truth by technicality

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Deus ex machina

A

Implausible answer to a problem

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Ex cathedra

A

Absolute authority

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Fait accompli

A

Completed deed

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Faux pas

A

Mistakes made socially

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Idee fixe

A

An idea one obsesses on

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In extremis

A

Near death

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In loco parentis

A

Acting in a parent’s stead

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In vino veritas

A

Truth is found in wine

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Ipso facto

A

In and of itself

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Joie de vivre

A

Joy of living

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Modus operandi

A

Way of working

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Noblesse oblige

A

The way nobility must behave

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Nolo contendere

A

No contest

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Nom de plume

A

Pen name

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Non sequitur

A

Doesn’t follow logically

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Per se

A

By or in itself

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Persona non grata

A

Someone disliked

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Prima facie

A

At first look

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Pro forma

A

Done as a formality

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Quid pro quo

A

An exchange

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Raison d’être

A

Reason for being

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Rara avis

A

Rare example

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Sangfroid

A

Cool under pressure

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Schadenfreude

A

Satisfaction from another’s misery

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Sine qua non

A

Very important

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Sui generis

A

Unique

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Tete-a-tete

A

A private conversation

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Verboten

A

Forbidden

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Vis-a-vis

A

In relation to

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Weltschmerz

A

Sadness because of the world’s evils

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Zeitgeist

A

Popular opinion of the time