As a country of immigrants, the United States has adopted many foreign words into American English -- e pluribus unum and all that. Can you match the following foreign words and phrases on the left with their brief definitions on the right?
Foreign Phrases, Part 1 Questions
| 1. auto da fé | A. ritual suicide |
| 2. chutzpah | B. blank slate |
| 3. dharma | C. holy war |
| 4. doppelgänger | D. personal duty |
| 5. feng shui | E. inquisition |
| 6. glasnost | F. openness |
| 7. hara kiri | G. audacity |
| 8. hoi polloi | H. the art or practice of positioning objects |
| 9. jihad | I. just the right word |
| 10. lingua franca | J. ghost double |
| 11. mot juste | K. common language |
| 12. tabula rasa | L. commoners |
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