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Vocabulary Unit: 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Affluent | adj. Wealthy and privileged; well-to-do |
| Superfluous | adj. Additional to what is necessary: extra |
| Mellifluous | adj. Sweetly flowing or sounding |
| Leaven | v. to make less heavy or serious |
| Levity | n. Lack of seriousness; jolly |
| Alleviate | v. to make less painful or dangerous |
| Elapse | v. To slip away; go by |
| Collapse | n. Complete failure and ruin |
| Relapse | n. A falling back into old illness or bad habit |
| Recede | v. To move back or away from |
| Concession | n. Something given up or yielded |
| Cede | v. To surrender |