LGR UNIT 13 + 14

Question 1

affluent

Answer 1

(adj.) wealthy and privileged; well-to-do

Question 2

superfluous

Answer 2

(adj.) additional to what is necessary; extra

Question 3

mellifluous

Answer 3

(adj.) sweetly flowing or sounding

Question 4

leaven

Answer 4

(v.) to make less heavy or serious

Question 5

levity

Answer 5

(n.) a lack or seriousness; a jolly or joking matter

Question 6

alleviate

Answer 6

(v.) to make less painful or dangerous

Question 7

elapse

Answer 7

(v.) to slip away; to go by

Question 8

collapse

Answer 8

(n.) a complete failure and ruin

Question 9

relapse

Answer 9

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

Question 10

recede

Answer 10

(v.) to move back or away from

Question 11

concession

Answer 11

(n.) something given up or yielded

Question 12

cede

Answer 12

(v.) to surrender

Question 13

inconsequential

Answer 13

(adj.) having no effect or importance

Question 14

consecutive

Answer 14

(adj.) following in order

Question 15

execution

Answer 15

(n.) the way something is done

Question 16

courier

Answer 16

(n.) one who carries and delivers

Question 17

incur

Answer 17

(v.) to bring about

Question 18

recurrent

Answer 18

(adj.) happening repeatedly

Question 19

gradualism

Answer 19

(n.) a policy that involves taking it slow, measured actions

Question 20

regress

Answer 20

(v.) to go back to a less mature or less positive state

Question 21

digress

Answer 21

(v.) to move away from the topic art hand; to ramble

Question 22

amble

Answer 22

(v.) to walk casually; to stroll

Question 23

ambulatory

Answer 23

(adj.) able to walk

Question 24

preamble

Answer 24

(n.) a passage or speech that introduces another longer passage or speech