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Psychology
Graduate
09/07/2010

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a posterior
Definition
based on inductive reasoning
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a priori
Definition
based on deductie reasoning
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ad hoc
Definition
for a spcific purpose
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alter ego
Definition
a second self
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amicus curiae
Definition
friend of the court
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beau geste
Definition
noble gesture
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bete noire
Definition
something particularly disliked; literally,black beast
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bon mot
Definition
witty remark or comment; literally, good word
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bona fide
Definition
in good faith, genuine
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carpe diem
Definition
seize the day
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carte blanche
Definition
unrestricted power, literally blank document
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causus beli
Definition
pretext for war
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caveat emptor
Definition
let the buyer beware
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corpus delicti
Definition
body of the crime, substantial fact necessary to prove the commission of crime
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de facto
Definition
actual
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de jure
Definition
by right, technically true
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deus ex machina
Definition
contrived device to resolve a situation, literally, god from a mchine
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dies irae
Definition
day of wrath, judgmet day
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dolce vita
Definition
the sweet life, a life of indulgence
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ecce homo
Definition
behold the man
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ex cathedra
Definition
by virtue of one's office
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ex parte
Definition
from a partisan point of view
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ex post facto
Definition
after the fact, retroactively
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fait accompli
Definition
an accomplished fact, a done deed
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faux pas
Definition
social blunder, literally, a false step
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hoi polloi
Definition
the common people
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idee fixe
Definition
obsession, literally fixed idea
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in camera
Definition
in private, secretly
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in extremis
Definition
near death
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in loco parentis
Definition
in the place of a parent
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in vino veritas
Definition
in the wine there is truth
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ipso facto
Definition
by the fact itself, as an inevitable result
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joie de vivre
Definition
joy of living, buoyant enjoyment of life
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mea culpa
Definition
i am to blame
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memento mori
Definition
a reminder that you must die
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modus operandi
Definition
method of operating
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mot juste
Definition
the appropriate word
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nolo contendere
Definition
no contest
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non sequitor
Definition
something that does not logically flow
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nota bene
Definition
note well
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persona non grata
Definition
unwelcome person
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prima facie
Definition
on the fce of it
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pro bono
Definition
free of charge, literally, perfunctory
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quid pro quo
Definition
an equal exchane, lierally, this for that
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quo vadis
Definition
where are you going
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rara avis
Definition
rare bird; an unusual specimen
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sangfroid
Definition
self-possession or equanimity,especially under the strain, literally, cold blood
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shadenfrede
Definition
enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others, literally "harm joy"
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sic transit gloria mundi
Definition
thus passes away the glory of the world
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sine qua non
Definition
something indispensible, literally, without which not
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sine qua non
Definition
something indispensible, literally, without which not
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sui genera
Definition
one of a kind
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tabula rasa
Definition
a blank slate
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tout le monde
Definition
all the world, everyone of importance
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veni, vidi, vici
Definition
I came, I saw, I conquered
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vox populi
Definition
voice of the people
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weltanschauung
Definition
a comprehnsive apprehension of the world, literally world view
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weltschmerz
Definition
sorrow over the evils of the world, lterally, world pain
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