Lesson 13 Flashcards
Fame
Widespread reputation
Culprit
A guilty person
Grateful
Thankful
Trimester
A period of three months
Improve
To bring into better condition
Retreat
Strategic withdrawal
Medieval
Pertaining to the Middle Ages
Comfort
To bring cheer to
Lateral
Situated at a side
Minority
The smaller part
Besiege
To lay siege to
Convene
To assemble
Fortitude
Strength
Semester
Six-month academic term
Reprobate
A person beyond hope of salvation
Advent
Arrival
Distract
Divert
Collateral
Accompanying
Séance
A spiritualists’ session or sitting
Minutiae
Small, unimportant details
Exculpate
Remove the blame from
Gratuity
Tip
fate
What has been preordained
Coeval
Contemporary
Primeval
Pertaining to the first ages
Fortify
To protect or strengthen against attack
Multilateral
Having several or many sides
Possess
Own
Bimester
A two-month period
Forte
Strong suit
Superseded
To replace in power
Affable
Easy to approach
Gratis
Free
Attract
To draw towards
Entreat
Beg
Contravene
To come into conflict with