Vocabulary

12 null terms

census

a count for official purposes

fr: recensement

despicable

very unpleasant or bad

fr: méprisable

exceed

to go past an allowed limit

fr: dépasser

forestall

to prevent something from happening by acting first

fr: anticiper

limo

a large, expensive car

fr: limousine

loan

an amount of money that is borrowed, often from a bank

fr: emprunt

loathsome

extremely unpleasant

fr: répugnant

motorcade

a series of cars and other motor vehicles that moves slowly along a road carrying someone important

fr: cortège d'automobiles

placard

a large piece of paper with a message written

fr: pancarte

undergraduate

a student who is studying for their first degree at a college or university

fr: étudiant

welfare

help given

fr: bien-être

wound

a damaged area of the body

fr: blessure