Unit 13

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

Elapse

v. to slip away; go by

Collapse

n. complete failure and ruin

Relapse

n. a falling back into an old illness or bad habit

Recede

v. to move back or away from

Concession

n. something given up or yielded

Cede

v. to surrender