Week 3 (Seasonal Adjs & Latin Loan Words)

Question 1

Autumnal

Answer 1

Adjective: relating to or pertaining to autumn

Question 2

Hibernal

Answer 2

Adjective: relating to or pertaining to winter

Question 3

Vernal

Answer 3

Adjective: relating to or pertaining to spring

Question 4

Estival

Answer 4

Adjective: relating to or pertaining to summer

Question 5

Equinoctial

Answer 5

Adjective: relating to or pertaining to the equinox

Question 6

In absentia

Answer 6

Adverb: in one’s absence

Question 7

Sine qua non

Answer 7

Noun: “which without nothing”: something absolutely indispensable or essential; the ultimate example of [something]

Question 8

Carpe diem

Answer 8

Noun: “seize the day”: the enjoyment of pleasures of the moment without concern for the future

Question 9

Ad hominem

Answer 9

Adjective: “to the man”: appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect, also, marked by or being an attack on an opponent’s character rather than by an answer to the arguments he/she has made

Question 10

Non sequitur

Answer 10

Noun: a statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously said