Vocabulary for the college bound student

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au courant

au courant

up to date

blase

tired of pleasures; bored

bourgeois

having to do with middle class

chic

stylish

chairvoyant

clear sighted; unusually

complaisant

willing to please

debonair

gracious; charming

gauche

lacking social grace

maladroit

unskillful

naive

simple in nature

nonchalant

without concern or enthusiasm

attache

member of diplomatic staff

bourgeoisie

the middle class

charge d affaires

temporary substitute for an ambassador

concierge

door keeper; custodian; janator

confree

colleague

connoisseur

expert

coterie

set or circle of acquaintances

debutante

young woman intro into society

devotee

zealous follower

elite

group of individuals thought to be superior

emigre

refugee

entourage

group of attendants

entrepreneur

one who assumes the risks and management of buisness

envoy

diplomatic agent

fiance

person engaged to be married

gendarme

armed police officer

gourmand

person excessively fond of eating

gourmet

connoisseur in eating and drinking

ingenue

actress playing the role of a naive woman

maitre d hotel

headwaiter

martiner

person who enforces very strict discipline

nonpareil

person of unequalled excellence

nouveaux riches

persons newly rich

parvenu

person suddenly risen to wealth

protege

someone taught, protected os advanced by a person

raconteur

person who excels in telling stories

valet

manservant who attends to the personal needs of his employer