Lesson 13Vocab

culp

blame, fault

eval

ages

fa, fat

to speak

fort

strong

grat

grateful, pleasing

later

side

mesn, mest

month

minor, minus, minut

small, smaller

prob, prov

good, to test

sed, sid, se, sess, siege

to sit, to settle

tract, treat

to drag, to draw

ven, vent

to come

culprit

(n.) a person who has committed a crime or is guilty of some misconduct; an offender

fame

the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

grateful

feeling or expressing gratitude; thankful; obliged

trimester

period of three months

improve

to make better

retreat

pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal

medieval

referring to the Middle Ages

comfort

make someone feel better, consolation

lateral

side

minority

being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts

besiege

to surround with armed forces

convene

to meet

fortitude

strength

semester

six month academic term

reprobate

criticize

advent

arrival

distract

divert

collateral

serving to support or reinforce

seance

a spiritualist's session or sitting

minutiae

small, unimportant details

exculpate

remove the blame from

gratuity

tip

fate

what has been preordained

coeval

having the same age, contemporary

primeval

ancient, primitive

fortify

strengthen

multilateral

having many sides

possess

to have; to take possession; having the power

bimester

a period of 2 months

forte

something in which a person excels

attract

to pull into something; to pull into oneself

superseded

replaced

entreat

to beg

affable

pleasant, easy to talk to

contravene

go against

gratis

free