Vocab Lesson 13

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

one responsible for a crime

fame

the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

grateful

feeling or showing thanks

trimester

a period of three months

improve

to make something better

retreat

to move back

medieval

referring to the Middle Ages

comfort

1. a state of physical ease

2. to make someone feel at ease

lateral

relating to the side

minority

a racial or ethnic group smaller than and differing from the majority race or ethnicity in a particular area or region

besiege

to surround with armed forces

convene

to meet

fortitude

strength

semester

six-month academic term

reprobate

morally unprincipled person

advent

arrival

distract

draw someone's attention away from something

collateral

serving to support or reinforce

séance

a spiritualists' session or sitting

minutiae

small, unimportant details

exculpate

to free from blame

gratuity

tip

fate

a power that is thought to determine the course of events

coeval

having the same age, contemporary

primeval

ancient, primitive

fortify

to strengthen

multilateral

having many sides

possess

to have or to own

bimester

a period of two months

forte

a person's strong point; what a person does best

superseded

to take the place of

affable

pleasant, easy to talk to

gratis

free

attract

to pull towards

entreat

to ask for something (with anxiety)

contravene

to oppose in argument