Any language usually grows. It incorporates foreign words in its usage. English is no exception. It has very many foreign words.
This quiz is to make you identify where foreign words came from and find out its meaning. I love using the word Bon voyage here. The words are French which means have a nice trip. There are many others that we use. Let us see how much you remember their meaning or origin.
Let’s travel together.
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Identify Ad nauseum with its meaning and place of origin.
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French a sickening degree
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Italians sickening degree
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Latin-sickening degree
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Greek-sickening degree
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Bona fide
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Latin-genuine
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French-fake
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Hebrew-genuine
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Greek-fake
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Which one means unlimited authority?
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Modus operandi
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Bon voyage
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Carte Blanche
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End masse
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Question of
Faux pas is…
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Latin
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French
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Spanish
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Hebrew
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Which is ‘Let the buyer be aware’
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Caveat emptor
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Carte Blanche
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Fait accompli
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Ipso capto
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Question of
Persona non grata means
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A respected person
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A responsible person
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Unwanted person
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A great person
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Which one came from Latin meaning ‘donated without charge’
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Quid pro quo
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Veni vidi vici
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Prima donna
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Pro bono
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What should be done to these words when we use them in written English?
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Add commas
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Italicized
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Bracketed
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Punctuated
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Missed one here, great quiz!
I got 6 out of 8 right! Great quiz
A good score that one
3/8 again. Sorry I’m so bad
Not bad as you keep on trying
8 of 8 🙂
Congratulations. You rock
4 out of 8, i had a problem with the last one. I couldnt make sense out of it.
Maybe framing it. Am sorry about that. You tried though.
Yay, a perfect score! Great quiz, my friend.
You did fine then. No challenge at all