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Grade 12 Quarter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| unsavory | taste, smells or looks bad |
| fiasco | a complete and embarrassing failure |
| photogenic | looks good in pictures |
| farce | fake or a joke |
| commemorate | celebrate |
| memorabilia | souvenir |
| elucidate | to make clear and understandable |
| memorandum | memo; a short letter |
| photosynthesis | the process plants use make nutrients from sunlight |
| photosensitive | sensitive response to light |
| memoir | a biography |
| extols | praises |
| gauche | socially awkward |
| estranged | no longer friends |
| impel | force |
| foray | raid; attack to get something |
| retroactive | taking effect from an earlier |
| lucid | clear and easy to understand |
| lucent | bright |
| translucent | almost transparent |