McGuffey High School English Department Grade 12 Academic English

1. Test on Friday, November 21
We are half-way done!
Foreign Words 91-100

2. Hoi polloi (Greek)
 The masses; the common people.
It is a derogatory term - ‘avoid mixing with the hoi polloi’
As befits their celestial status on the day, they are
not obliged to queue with hoi polloi.

3. In absentia (Lat)
 In the absence of
While not present at the event being referred to:
‘two foreign suspects will be tried in absentia’

4. In camera (Lat)
 In private or secret session; not in public
 In particular taking place in the private chambers
of a judge, with the press and public excluded
‘judges assess the merits of such claims in camera’

5. Incommunicado (Span)
 Deprived of any communication with others
 Used in reference to prisoners

6. In flagrante delicto (Lat)
 While committing the offence; red-handed
In the very act of
wrongdoing,
especially in an
act of sexual
misconduct:
‘he had been
caught in flagrante
with the wife of
the association’s
treasurer’

7. Ingénue (Fr)
 The part of an innocent, unworldly woman.
 Part played by an actress.

8. In loco parentis (Lat)
 In the place or role of parent
Teachers and mentors serve in loco parentis.

9. In medias res (Lat)
 In the middle of things
‘We enter the story in medias res, joining on-set a company
that has been laboring on that film for a year.’

10. In memoriam (Lat)
 In memory of
We sent
flowers in
memoriam
when our
neighbor
passed away.

11. In toto (Lat)
 Overall, completely.
‘such proposals should be subjected to
specific criticism rather than rejected in toto’
The judge accepted the testimony in toto.