Foreign Words and Phrases
An initio : From the beginning
Ad valorem : According to the value
Adhoc : Arranged for special purpose, temporarily
Aide-de-camp : Military assistant
Alias : Otherwise
Alma mater : The university or school that a person once attended
Alter ego : Intimate friend
Alumni : Old students of an institution
Anno Domini : In the year of our Lord
Beau monde : High society
Bete noire : Something or someone particularly disliked
Bon vivant : A person who lived luxurious and enjoys good food and drinks
Bon voyage : Have a pleasant journey
Bona fide : In good faith, genuine
Carte blanche : Unrestricted power to act on one's own
Caveat emptor : Let the buyer beware
Coup d'etat : An abrupt change of government by force
Coup de grace : Finishing blow
De facto : In fact, whether by right or not
De jure : According to law
Detenu : Prisoner
Deus ex machina : A contrived device to resolve a situation
Dies non : A day on which no legal business is done
Dramatic personae: Characters in a drama
En bloc : Whole sale, completely
En masse : In a body
En route : On the way
Ex post facto : Retroactively, after the deed is done
Ex-gartia : As an act of grace
Ex-officio : By virtue of ones office
Exparte : One sided
Faux pas : A social blunder
Impasses : Dead lock
In camera : In private
Inter alia : Among other things
Intoto : Entirely
Ipso facto : By the fact itself
Laissez faire : In the state of being free from government control
Lingua franca : Language adopted for local communication
Locus standi : Right to interfere
Magnum opus : Great literary undertaking
Mala fide : With a bad intention
Modus operandi : The mode of working
Mutatis mutandis : With necessary changes
Nom de plume : Pen name
Nota bene : Note well, Take notice
Par excellence : Superb
Per capita : Per head
Persona non grata : Unacceptable person
Prima facie : At first sight, clear and evident
Pro bono : Done or donated without charge
Quid pro quo : Something for something
Sine die : Without any definite date
Status quo : The existing stage
Sub judice : Before the judge or court
Sui generis : Unique
Tete-a-tete : A confidential conversation
Ultra vires : Beyond one's power
Via : On the way to
Vice versa : The order of being reversed
Vis-s vis : Face to face
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