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_____ behaviour is not acceptable because people consider it to be shameful and wrong start learning
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it is hard to say how far her early life had been discreditable
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containing untrue written statements about someone which could make other people have a bad opinion of them start learning
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A libellous work called the “Secret History,”
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full of hatred for sth, or expressing this in a strong way Pol. złośliwość, zjadliwość, napastliwość start learning
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the very virulence of the book makes its tales incredible
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Pol. nie do pozazdroszczenia start learning
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the actresses enjoyed an unenviable reputation for light morals.
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to _____ a law, is to officially end that law start learning
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he had to repeal the law in order to legalize his own marriage.
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to make sb suddenly surprised or slightly shocked Pol. zaskoczyć, wystraszyć start learning
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an action which startled the world
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an unexpected and very unusual event start learning
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the freak of the staid Justinian.
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to deprive an heir of inheritance or right to inherit start learning
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she threatened to disinherit him
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(old use or literary) before start learning
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ere the aged Justinus died
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If you _____ sb to do sth, you persuade or influence them to do it start learning
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he had been induced to acknowledge the marriage of his nephew
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to _____ it to grant or bestow (an honour, gift) on that person x4 start learning
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he had to confer on Theodora the title of “Patrician.”
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(a woman’s) attractiveness start learning
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it was impossible for mere man to describe her comeliness in words,
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someone who says bad things about someone or something, in order to make them seem less good than they really are start learning
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All that her detractors could say was that she was below the middle height,
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the colour and general appearance of a person's skin, esp of the face start learning
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her complexion was rather pale
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start learning
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we have no representation of her surviving, save the famous mosaic at Ravenna
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a position of employment, post, job start learning
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She rose to the height of her situation
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start learning
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she was the most trusted of his councillors.
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A _____ person is quiet and serious in their appearance or behaviour start learning
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she was the ablest and the most trusted of his councillors.
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Someone who is _____ spends a lot of time reading and studying books start learning
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The grave, studious, and hardworking Emperor
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the wife or husband of a ruler Pol. małżonek (panującego) start learning
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The Emperor never regretted his choice of a consort
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