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PRACTICE FOR THE END OF COURSE TEST
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English
9th Grade
04/25/2012

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Term

 

 

CARPE DIEM

Definition

 

 

"Seize the day"

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ALMA MATER

Definition

 

The school one has attended or graduated from

Term

 

 

CUM LAUDE

Definition

 

 

With honors or distinction

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 RSVP

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Please Respond

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BON VOYAGE

Definition

 

 

 

Good day

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FEMME FATALE

Definition

 

 

Dangerous or seductive female

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ESPIRIT DE CORPS

Definition

 

 

Team Spirit

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VERBATIM

Definition

 

 

Word for word

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E PLURIBUS UNUM

Definition

 

 

Out of many, one

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PRIMA DONNA

Definition

 

 

A principal female in a performance

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AVANT GARDE

Definition

 

 

The advance group in any feild

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STATUS QUO

Definition

 

 

The current state of affairs

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ALPHA & OMEGA

Definition

 

 

Beginning and the end

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CARTE BLANCE

Definition

 

 

Blank Check or Free Will

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CAVEAT EMPTOR

Definition

 

 

Buyer beware

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AD NAUSEAM

Definition

 

 

To a sickening degree

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JOIE DE VIVRE

Definition

 

 

Joy of life

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TABULA RASA

Definition

 

 

Empty unimpressionable state

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HOI POLLOI

Definition

 

 

Majority opinion

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DEJA VU

Definition

 

 

The feeling that you have experienced something before

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DE JOUR

Definition

 

 

of the day

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