A
Aficionado
Alma-mater
Annus mirabilis
B
Bonafide
C
Carpe diem
Carte Blanche
Cliché
E
En route
F
Faux Pas
H
Hoi Polloi
K
Kaput
L
Lacuna
M
Magnum opus
Modus operandi
Q
Quid pro quo
S
Sans souci
V
Veni, Vidi, Vici
Vis-à-vis
Vox populi
1. Aficionado: [uh-fish-yuh-nah-doh]
A person who likes and knows a lot about something.
1. He is an aficionado of fine cigars.
2. I am not an aficionado of modern music.
3. I was surprised at what a baseball aficionado she had become.
2. Alma-mater: [ahl-muh mah-ter]
A school, college, or university at which one has studied and, usually, from which one has graduated.
1. Does your alma-mater support its basket ball teams?
3. Annus mirabilis: [an-uh s-muh-rab-uh-lis]
A wonderful year.
1. The year 1905 was an annus mirabilis for Einstein.
2. I am looking for an annus mirabilis ahead.
3. Last year was the annus mirabilis for my company.
4. Bonafide: [boh-nuh fahyd]
Real or genuine.
Law : made or done in an honest and sincere way.
1. She has established her position as a bona fide celebrity.
2. His latest record was a bona fide hit.
3. They have a bona fide claim for the loss.
4. He bought the car bona fide, not knowing that it was stolen
5. For all her reticence and modesty, it was clear that she was a bona fide expert in her field.
5. Carpedium: [kahr-pey dee-uh m]
The enjoyment of the pleasures of the moment without concern for the future.
1. Carpe diem. Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
2. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us carpe diem.
3. So what if you have an 8:00 a.m. meeting tomorrow and a full day of appointments? Carpe diem!
6. Carte blanche: [kahrt blanch]
Permission to do something in any way you choose to do it.
1. We gave the decorator carte blanche to furnish the house.
2. My father has carte blanche to take decisions regarding our monthly budget.
3. I may have carte blanche around the office, but at home I'm a slave to my family's demands.
7. Cliché: [klee-shey] 
An obvious remark or a phrase or expression that has been used so often that it is no longer original or interesting.
8. En route: [ahn root]
On a route to some place/ along the way/ on the way.
1. They arrived on time despite several en route delays.
2. We stopped to eat en route to the museum.
9. Faux pas: [foh pah]
An embarrassing social mistake.
1. Arriving too early would be a serious faux pas.
2. According to an oft-told story, the queen set a guest at ease about a faux pas by politely imitating it.
3. He committed a faux pas when he forgot to introduce the chief guest to the audience.
10. Hoi polloi: [hoi puh-loi]
Ordinary people.
1. “I pay no attention to the opinions of the hoi polloi,” the writer sniffed.
2. He is working day and night for the welfare of hoi polloi.
11. Kaput: [kah-poo t]
Utterly finished, defeated, or destroyed.
Unable to function.
Hopelessly outmoded.
1. The floppies being used in 1990’s has become kaput.
2. She felt kaput after the death of her mother.
3. Mannerism has become Kaput in students these days.
12. Lacuna: [luh-kyoo-nuh]
A gap or blank space in something : a missing part.
1. She found a lacuna in the historical record.
2. Despite the lacuna, he was able to make out the complete story.
13. Magnum opus:
A great work.
The greatest achievement of an artist or writer.
- His last novel was his magnum opus.
- This symphony is usually considered Beethoven's magnum opus.
- Six sixes in an over is Yuvi’s magnum opus.
14. Modus operandi: [moh-duh s op-uh-ran-dee]
A usual way of doing something; especially : the usual way that a particular criminal performs a crime.
1. The modus operandi of the murder was exactly like the murder in his latest novel.
2. After carefully studying the modus operandi, the officer concluded that the robbery had been planned meticulously.
3. The theif was caught just because of his repetitive modus operandi.
15. Quid pro quo: [kwid proh kwoh]
Something for something; an equal exchange.
1. In politics nobody does something for nothing: there's always a quid pro quo involved.
2. In a quid pro quo , she got good incentives from her boss for completing the project by giving over time.
3. She vowed that when she had the means, she would return his favors quid pro quo.
16. Sans souci: [sahn soo-see]
Without worry.
1. I will have a sans souci life after exams.
2. He always desires for a sans souci life as he is the only earning hand in family.
3. Their mood was definitely sans souci.
17. Veni Vidi Vici:
I came, I saw, I conquered.
1. It was only because India was divided into small units that the East India company could rejoice vini vedi vici.
18. Vis-à-vis: [vee-zuh-vee]
Face-to-face with.
In relation to.
As compared with.
1. It was very embarrassing for her to go vis-à-vis her ex-boyfriend.
2. We would analyze the experiment vis-à-vis theory of the concept.
3. I should advantages vis-à-vis disadvantages of part time job before joining the one.
19. Vox populi: [voks pop-yuh-lahy]
The voice of people.
1. He is the favorite leader of hoi polloi because he respects vox populi.
2. Vox populi will definitely bring some change in this ruthless and corrupt system.