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Eng1 Foreign Terms
English 1 Foreign Terms ML part 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Until one is sick of the thing being done, told, or the like | Ad Nauseam |
| The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet | Alpha and Omega |
| Beginning and end; the greatest/most fundimental; first and last | Alpha and Omega |
| A group that actively expirements with and applies new and unconventional techniques | Avant-Garde |
| Of or relating to artistic expirementation and invention | Avant-Garde |
| Unrestrticted authority, freedom, or discretion | Carte Blanche |
| The principal that one who buys something does so at his or her own risk | Caveat Emptor |
| The masses/common people (usually used as a term of contempt | Hoi Polloi |
| Joy of living; the intense pleasure one takes from being alive | Joie De Vivre |
| A high-strung, vain, and tempermental person | Prima Donna |
| The existing state; conditions as they are at a given time | Status Quo |
| Anything, especially the mind, that is considered to be blank and without impressions, until it is formeed through experience | Tabula Rasa |