Unit 13

Question 1

Affluent

Answer 1

Wealthy and privileged; well-to-do

Question 2

Wealthy and privileged; well-to-do

Answer 2

Affluent

Question 3

Superfluous

Answer 3

Additional to what is necessary; extra

Question 4

Additional to what is necessary; extra

Answer 4

Superfluous

Question 5

Mellifluous

Answer 5

Sweetly flowing or sounding

Question 6

Sweetly flowing or sounding

Answer 6

Mellifluous

Question 7

Leaven

Answer 7

To make less heavy or serious

Question 8

To make less heavy or serious

Answer 8

Leaven

Question 9

Levity

Answer 9

A lack of seriousness; jolly or joking matter

Question 10

A lack of seriousness; jolly or joking matter

Answer 10

Levity

Question 11

Alleviate

Answer 11

To make less painful or dangerous

Question 12

To make less painful or dangerous

Answer 12

Alleviate

Question 13

Elapse

Answer 13

To slip away; to go by

Question 14

To slip away; to go by

Answer 14

Elapse

Question 15

Collapse

Answer 15

A complete failure and ruin

Question 16

Relapse

Answer 16

A falling back into an old illness or a bad habit

Question 16

A complete failure

Answer 16

Collapse

Question 17

A falling back into an old illness or a bad habit

Answer 17

Relapse

Question 18

Recede

Answer 18

To move back or away from

Question 18

Concession

Answer 18

Something given up or yielded

Question 19

To move back or away from

Answer 19

Recede

Question 20

Something given up or yielded

Answer 20

Concession

Question 21

Cede

Answer 21

To surrender

Question 22

To surrender

Answer 22

Cede