English 12 Foundations Vocabulary Review

Auspicious

• betrayal of trust; deceptive action or nature

• careful and persistent work or effort.

• conducive to success; favorable

Commendable

• Deserving praise

• To charm or enchant (someone)

• Express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone)

Beguile

• To cause surprise or confusion in (someone)

• To scold or rebuke

• To charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way.

Render

• He state or quality of being divine

• Provide or give (a service, help, etc.)

• Very angry; enraged.

Contrive

• Make or work out a plan for; devise

• Special honor or respect shown publicly

• Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease

Pernicious

• To restore friendly relations between

• Regard with disgust and hatred;intense dislike

• Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

Beseech

• Ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat.

• Conducive to success; favorable

• A person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering

Rebuke

• A person's face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features.

• A formal extended communication dealing with some particular topic;usually opposing viewpoints

• Express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behavior or actions.

Mirth

• make or work out a plan for; devise

• careful and persistent work or effort.

• amusement, especially as expressed in laughter

Epitaph

• an inscription in memory of a buried person

• behavior or speech that is indiscreet or displays a lack of good judgment.

• intense happiness.