This week's words in A.Word.A.Day
Права: Copyright 1994-2009 Anu Garg

agent provocateur

Someone employed to encourage or provoke suspects into doing something illegal so they can be arrested or discredited.

decolletage

A low neckline on a woman's dress.

enfant terrible

A person, especially someone famous or successful, whose unconventional lifestyle, work, or behavior appears shocking.

fait accompli

A thing accomplished: a done deal.

faux

Artificial; fake; false.
 

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