Common Foreign Words

1. Bona fide: in good faith

2. RSPV: to reply to an invitation
3. Déjà vu: illusion of having experienced something already
4. Faux pas: social blunder
5. Du jour: of the day
6. Bon voyage: have a pleasant trip
7. Alma mater: a school , college, or university one has studied and usually graduated from
8. Cum laude: with honor
9. Femme fatale: attractive, dangerous woman
10. Esprit de corps: team spirit
11. Verbatim: word for word
12. E pluribus unum: out of many, one
13. Prima donna: temperamental performer
14. Avant-garde: the advance group in any field
15. Status quo: current state of affairs
16. Joie de vivre: joy of life
17. Carte blanche: a free hand
18. Caveat emptor: let the buyer beware
19. Alpha and omega: the beginning and the end
20. Tabula rasa: empty slate
21. Hoi polloi: the common people
22. Ad nauseam: to a sickening degree
23. Carpe diem: Seize the day
24. Tempus fugit: time flies
25. C’est la vie: that’s life
26. Savoir faire: social tact
27. Non sequitur: something that does not follow
28. Id est: (i.e.) that is
29. Enfant terrible: an outrageously outspoken or bold person
30. Terra firma: firm or solid land
31. Vox populi: popular opinion