Vocabulary

Foreign Words

Easy

Choose the correct option which best expresses the meaning of the foreign word "deja vu"

a feeling that something has happened before

a feeling that something might happen in future

a feeling that something is happening

angry feeling

✅ Correct Option: 1

Deja vu is a French term literally meaning already seen. It describes the sensation that the present situation has been experienced before, even when one knows it cannot have been. It does not refer to a future or current event, and has no connection with anger. So the correct meaning is a feeling that something has happened before.

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Match the words given in List I with the meanings given in List II:

LIST I Foreign words		LIST II Meaning
A. exempli gratia	I.	Connection
B. nexus	II.	Shortcoming
C. Literati	III.	for example
D. Lacuna	IV.	Literary persons

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Match the foreign phrases given in List I with their meanings in List II:

LIST I		LIST II
A. beau monde	I.	fashionable society
B. amour propre	II.	defining mood or characteristic of an age or a period
C. dolche vita	III.	self love
D. zietgeist	IV.	a life of pleasure and luxury

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Choose the correct option which best expresses the meaning of the foreign word "deja vu"

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