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Practice deck · part of Words From Other Languages · written against: 200 loanwords English still feels as borrowed; American pronunciation, etymologies per Merriam-Webster; our own selection. Updated 2026-10-10.

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  1. Lost in traffic, the second field-trip bus finally caught up at one o'clock at the rest-stop gas pumps, which the two drivers had chosen by phone as their ______.

    A) rendezvous
    B) tête-à-tête
    C) kaffeeklatsch
    D) rapprochement
    A) rendezvous

    The place and hour people settle on beforehand for getting together is a rendezvous. Tête-à-tête is tempting because two drivers meet, but a tête-à-tête is a private conversation, and the drivers chose only where and when to meet.
    French
  2. From 1948 until 1994, South Africa's government used ______ to decide where each racial group could live, work and go to school.

    A) laissez-faire
    B) apartheid
    C) taboo
    D) kismet
    B) apartheid

    South Africa's legally enforced racial segregation, which ended in 1994, is apartheid. Laissez-faire is tempting as the name of a government policy, but it means leaving people and business free of government control, the opposite of this.
    German & Dutch
  3. In the children's play, a sculptor reads an ancient spell over a clay figure, and up lurches a ______ that obeys her every word without a thought of its own.

    A) genie
    B) yeti
    C) poltergeist
    D) golem
    D) golem

    A clay figure brought to life as a mindless servant is a golem. Genie is tempting because magic is at work, but a genie is a spirit that grants wishes, not a figure shaped from clay.
    Yiddish & Hebrew
  4. Squinting at the lyrics scrolling across the screen, our math teacher seized the mic and belted out an off-key pop hit, and the ______ contest was on.

    A) shtick
    B) karaoke
    C) spiel
    D) smorgasbord
    B) karaoke

    Singing along to recorded music while reading lyrics off a screen is karaoke. Shtick is tempting because the teacher is performing, but a shtick is a familiar comic routine, not singing to a backing track.
    Asian Languages
  5. Every morning, Mr. Khoury greets his Arabic class with a cheerful ______, and the students give the traditional reply, "And upon you be peace," in return.

    A) mantra
    B) spiel
    C) salaam
    D) shtick
    C) salaam

    A greeting of peace, answered with peace, is a salaam. Mantra is tempting because he says it every morning, but a mantra is a guiding slogan or a chanted sound, not a greeting with a reply.
    Middle Eastern Languages
  6. Across the warehouse, a ______ rolls from shelf to shelf on its own, lifting boxes and carrying them to the packers without anyone steering it.

    A) kiosk
    B) robot
    C) avatar
    D) juggernaut
    B) robot

    A machine that does tasks on its own is a robot. Kiosk is tempting because some kiosks are self-service machines, but a kiosk stays in one spot, and this machine rolls and lifts.
    Other Languages

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