AP Language Unit 1 Vocab Flashcards
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7648020317 | quid pro quo | an equal exchange or substitution | 0 | |
7648020318 | terra firma | solid ground; dry land | 1 | |
7648020319 | Semper Fidelis | Always faithful | 2 | |
7648020320 | ergo | consequently; therefore | 3 | |
7648020321 | persona non grata | an unacceptable or unwelcome person. | 4 | |
7648020322 | mea culpa | my fault | 5 | |
7648020323 | memorandum | A form on which a brief message is written describing a transaction | 6 | |
7648020324 | ipso facto | by the fact itself; by that very fact | 7 | |
7648020325 | pro bono | for the public good | 8 | |
7648020326 | Tabula Rasa | blank slate; clean slate | 9 | |
7648020327 | de facto | in fact or in reality | 10 | |
7648020328 | ibidem (always used in the abbreviated form ibid) | in the same place | 11 | |
7648020329 | deus ex machina | an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel. | 12 | |
7648020330 | et al. (et alii) | "and other people" | 13 | |
7648020331 | et cetera (etc.) | and other things of the same class; and so forth | 14 | |
7648020332 | exempli gratia (e.g.) | for example | 15 | |
7648020333 | ad nauseam | To a sickening or excessive degree | 16 | |
7648020334 | Per se (adv) | Of, In, or by itself or oneself; intrinsically | 17 | |
7648020335 | Vice versa (adv) | With the order or meaning reversed; conversely | 18 | |
7648020336 | magnum opus (n) | a great work, especially a literary or artistic masterpiece | 19 | |
7648020337 | bona fide (adj/adv) | genuine; real; sincere | 20 | |
7648020338 | Modus Operandi (MO) | A method of operating or functioning way of operating | 21 | |
7648020339 | status quo (n) | The existing state of affairs | 22 | |
7648020340 | verbatim (adj) | Using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word | 23 | |
7648020342 | in medias res (adv) | In or into the middle of a sequence of events, as in a literary narrative | 24 |