Mrs. Emeterio's English 12 Academic word list 11-20

1. Foreign Words #11-20
Test on Friday, September 19!

2. A’ la mode (Fr)
 With ice cream

3. Al dente (Ital)
 To the tooth
 Firm (not soft or soggy)

4. Al fresco (Ital)
 Dining outdoors, open air

5. Angst (Ger)
 Dread, fear, extreme anxiety

6. Ante-Bellum (Lat)
 Before the war

7. Apparatchick (Rus) appa-raCHik
 Low level worker (white collar)
 An unquestioningly loyal subordinate.

8. à propos (Fr)
 Relating to
 " pertinent ; to
the purpose."

9. Au contraire (Fr)
 To the
contrary

10. Au courant (Fr)
 In style or fashionable

11. Au naturel (Fr)
 Without makeup and with one's
natural hair color. (also no clothes!)
 Can also refer to food with no sauce
or seasonings.

12. The First Day of School
 I always get nervous on the first day of
school. I spend the night before
choosing just the perfect outfit to wear. I
like my clothing to au say courant
I’m __________.
I decided on my vintage jeans and a
faded t-shirt.
 When I arrived at school apparatchik
on the first day,
some rude jerk called me _________
because au contraire
my jeans had rips in them. I
said, “__________, angst
I paid $100 for these
jeans! I think he was full of _________.
(He was so grumpy!)

13.  My history class is so boring! The
teacher is obsessed with the Civil War.
All he talks about ante-is the bellum
___________
period. I tried to be funny and say,
“Isn’t there a band with that name?”
He told me that there a’ propos
were not
____________.
 After school, I went out to dinner with
my friends. It was al fresco
such a nice night,
so we decided au
to dine _________. I
odered al dente a house naturel
salad _________,
a’ la
spaghetti ________, and mode
a cookie
__________.

14. Don’t forget to study!
The test is on Friday!