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In the Classroom
100
This Latin phrase is the motto of the United States of America, meaning "out of many, one."

What is e pluribus unum?

100

This is the meaning of carpe diem.

What is seizing the day?
100
This is the name for high fashion. 

What is haute couture? 

100
This is a warning that lets potential buyers know that a product's seller is not responsible for the item's quality. 

What is caveat emptor?

100
A teacher might ask you to take notes like this, if he or she wants you to copy information word for word. 

What is verbatim?

200
This word references a Russian policy in the 1980s whose name means "openness." 

What is Glasnost?

200

This is what someone would mean if he or she said "tempus fugit." 

What is "time flies?"
200

What occurs in a deus ex machina is this. 

What is the sudden solving of a problem by an unexpected intervention? 
200

A quid pro quo is this. 

What is a trade?
200
This Latin phrase means that something (like STAAR preparations) goes on and on until it could make you sick. 

What is ad nauseam?

300

The phrase "vox popular" refers to this important part of the political process. 

What is popular opinion?
300

This foreign phrase asks you to be like Simba in The Lion King and have no worries. 

What is sans souci?

300
This is what every movie director wants: complete freedom to do what he or she wants. 

What is carte blanche?

300
This phrase describes a private meeting between two people. 

What is a tête-à-tête?

300

Since teachers rarely do things on an ad hoc basis, then they cannot do this. 

What is improvise? 
400
This is a political act involving the use of force in politics, usually resulting in a change of government. 

What is a coup d'état?

 
400
This is how the French wish you to have a nice meal. 

What is bon appetit?

400

The greatest work of an artist, like da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, is called this. 

What is a magnum opus?

400
This is a good thing to admit if you have done something wrong.

What is mea culpa?

400
This might describe how long it seems a teacher might talk when lecturing. 

What is in saecula saeculorum?

500
What you would call a person who was wanted by the government, or just unwelcome at your lunch table. 

What is a persona non grata? 

500

This French phrase encourages you to recognize that life's just the way it is, for better or worse. 

What is c'est la vie?

500
The names J. K. Rowling, S. E. Henton, and Ellis Bell are all this phrase. 

What are nom de plumes? 

500
Business owners want their products to create a scene and get attention from the public; in other words, they want this to happen. 

What is a cause celebre?

500
This is what changes during our school's focused review, when the state of affairs is changed. 

What is the status quo?

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