Common Words from Other Languages

Mrs. Wallerstein (United States of America)
8th grade
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  1. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
  2. charisma
    personal attractiveness that enables you to influence others
  3. chorus
    actors who comment on the action in a classical Greek play
  4. passe
    out of fashion
  5. flora
    all the plant life in a particular region or period
  6. fauna
    all the animal life in a particular region or period
  7. banana
    a treelike herb bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
  8. algebra
    the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
  9. zero
    the mathematical symbol 0 denoting absence of quantity
  10. tea
    the name of tea in various languages
  11. cookie
    any of various small flat sweet cakes
  12. brochure
    a small booklet with information about a product or service
  13. charade
    a word acted out in an episode of a game
  14. detour
    a roundabout road or route
  15. shampoo
    cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair
  16. fiance
    a man who is engaged to be married
  17. resume
    take up or begin anew
  18. hamburger
    a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients
  19. Fahrenheit
    of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer
  20. skunk
    American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
  21. spaghetti
    pasta in the form of long strings
  22. mascara
    makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes
  23. wig
    a hairpiece covering the head and made of real or fake hair
  24. origami
    the art of folding paper
  25. karate
    a traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat
  26. yoga
    discipline training the consciousness for spiritual insight
  27. hurricane
    a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds
  28. coyote
    small wolf native to western North America
  29. mosquito
    two-winged insect that sucks the blood of humans and animals
  30. rodeo
    an exhibition of cowboy skills
  31. bagel
    a yeast-raised, doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust
Created on Thu Dec 08 12:59:04 EST 2011 (updated Tue Nov 18 13:52:45 EST 2014)

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