English Vocabulary Derived from French: List 8

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  1. gourmand
    a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
  2. foyer
    a large entrance or reception room or area
  3. gaffe
    a socially awkward or tactless act
  4. cortege
    the group following and attending to some important person
  5. doctrinaire
    stubbornly insistent on theory rather than practicality
  6. malaise
    a vague sense of unease or dissatisfaction
  7. fiancee
    a woman who is engaged to be married
  8. cachet
    an indication of approved or superior status
  9. croquette
    a small patty of minced food that is coated and fried
  10. fuselage
    the central body of an airplane holding crew and passengers
  11. chauvinism
    fanatical patriotism
  12. crepe
    a small, thin pancake
  13. collage
    a paste-up of pieces to form an artistic image
  14. naivete
    lack of sophistication or worldliness
  15. dossier
    papers containing detailed information about a person
  16. fiance
    a man who is engaged to be married
  17. chassis
    the skeleton of a motor vehicle
  18. etude
    a short, technical composition for a solo instrument
  19. mystique
    an aura of heightened interest surrounding a person or thing
  20. rapprochement
    the reestablishing of cordial relations
Created on Fri May 13 10:03:46 EDT 2022 (updated Tue Aug 02 09:13:28 EDT 2022)

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