Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots: Unit 13

English II Honours

Affluent

Wealthy and privileged; well-to-do.

Superfluous

Additional to what is necessary; extra.

Mellifluous

Sweetly flowing or sounding.

Leaven

To make less heavy or serious.

Levity

Lack of seriousness; jolly or joking manner.

Alleviate

To make less painful or dangerous.

Elapse

To slip away; go by.

Collapse

Complete failure and ruin.

Relapse

A falling back into an old illness or bad habit.

Recede

To move back or away from.

Concession

Something given up or yielded.

Cede

To surrender.