| A | B |
|---|
| aristocrat | a person with a high position in society. |
| attain | to get. |
| characteristic | a feature that belongs to something. |
| city-state | cities that gain economic and/ or political control over their surroundings. |
| classics | the literature and art of ancient Greece and Rome. |
| decline | to become less in amount or importance |
| dowry | a gift of money or property paid by the bride's family to the husband at the time of marriage. |
| formulate | to plan or develop something |
| fresco | a painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water based paints. |
| humanism | an philosophical movement during the Renaissance based on the study of the humanities. |
| instability | unpredictable behavior. |
| mercenary | a soldier that fights for money, not loyalty. |
| nobility | a group of people with a high rank and a hereditary title. |
| paraphrase | to reword something |
| peasant | a person of a low rank in society, poor. Usually a farmer. |
| perspective | drawing or painting in a way that makes a 2 dimensional painting look 3 dimensional. |
| philosophy | the study of ideas. |
| predict | to say what will happen in the future. |
| refute | to prove that someone or something is wrong. |
| relevant | relating to something |
| republic | a government where the ruler is NOT a monarch and certain citizens get to vote. |
| secular | not religious. |
| style | a way of doing something. |
| urban | cities; based on cities. |
| verify | using evidence to check if something is true |
| vernacular | the common language. |
