TSI Foreign Words and Phrases Quiz 1

"to the purpose" ; to the point; pertinent

A comment is ___________ if it is exactly appropriate for the situation.

• al fresco

• á propos

• junta

• laissez-faire

actual; the person who tells you what to do

Your ________ boss is the person who tells you what to do.

• de rigueur

• ad hoc

• de facto

• au courant

for a particular purpose; only for the matter at hand

An _____________ committee established for a particular purpose, or to deal with a particular problem.

• aficionado

• idée fixe

• au courant

• ad hoc

French "blank card"; the power to do whatever one wants

To give someone ______________ is to give that the person the license to do anything.

• carte blanche

• béte noire

• fait accompli

• de facto

a fan of something

A(n) _____________ of football is a football fan. A(n) __________of the theater is a theater fan.

• fait accompli

• aficionado

• ^{déjà vu}

• al fresco

up to date; informed

To be _____________ is to know all the latest information.

• au courant

• de facto

• déjà vu

• junta

outside; in the fresh air

An _________ meal is a picnic.

• ad hoc

• au courant

• al fresco

• faux pas

something or someone that one avoids or strongly dislikes

If you absolutely despised your landlord, you might say that she is your ___________.

• fait accompli

• ad hoc

• bête noire

• de rigueur

indispensable; obligatory; required by fashion or custom

Evening wear is ___________ at a formal party.

• de facto

• carte blanche

• de rigueur

• faux pas

an illusory feeling of having seen or done something before

To have a ____________ feeling is to believe that one has already done or seen what one is in fact doing and seeing for the first time.

• de facto

• déjà vu

• carte blanche

• de rigueur