Vocab Quiz 2

Question 1

Sine qua non

Answer 1

Without which nothing; something absolutely indispensable or essential, the ultimate example of something

Question 2

Carpe dime

Answer 2

Seize the day; enjoyment of pleasures of the moment without concern for the future

Question 3

Ad hominem

Answer 3

To the man; appealing to feelings or
prejudices rather than intellect, marked by or being an attack on an opponents character rather than by an answer to the argument they made

Question 4

Non sequitur

Answer 4

A statement that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously said

Question 5

Initialism

Answer 5

Noun; an abbreviation in which a series of letters is pronounced individually with each letter, the first of the specific word being abbreviated, stands in for entire word
Ex: HIV

Question 6

Acronym

Answer 6

An abbreviation in which a series of letters, each one standing for a whole word, is pronounced together as a single new word
Ex: AIDS

Question 7

Dapper

Answer 7

Stylish,fashionable

Question 8

Impel

Answer 8

To force someone to do something

Question 9

Matriarch

Answer 9

A woman literally or metaphorically the mother of a family or society

Question 10

Patriarch

Answer 10

A man literally or metaphorically the father of a family or society

Question 11

In absentia

Answer 11

In ones absence