Wealthy and privileged; well-to-

do

AFFLUENTWealthy and

privileged; well-to-do

To give credit or recognition to

LEGITIMIZE*To give credit or recognition to

Causing great sadness or pessimism

DISMAL*Causing great

sadness or pessimism

Additional to what is necessary; extra

SUPERFLUOUSAdditional to what is necessary; extra

Sweetly flowing or sounding

MELLIFLUOUSSweetly flowing or

sounding

Seizing everything; greedy

RAPACIOUS*Seizing everything;

greedy

To make less heavy or serious

LEAVENTo make less heavy

or serious

Able to be influenced

SUSCEPTIBLE*Able to be influenced

Lack of seriousness; jolly or joking

manner

LEVITYLack of seriousness;

jolly or joking manner

An idea important to a system of

beliefs

PRECEPT*An idea important

to a system of beliefs

To make less painful or dangerous

ALLEVIATETo make less

painful or dangerous

Feeding on both plants and animals

OMNIVOROUS*Feeding on both

plants and animals

To slip away; go by

ELAPSETo slip away; go by

Complete failure and ruin

COLLAPSEComplete failure

and ruin

group of the most wealthy and privileged

ARISTOCRACY*group of the most

wealthy and privileged

A falling back into an old illness or bad

habit

RELAPSEA falling back into

an old illness or bad habit

To move back or

away from

RECEDE

To move back or

away from

Something given up or yielded

CONCESSIONSomething given up

or yielded

Lack of agreement; harmony

DISCORD*Lack of agreement;

harmony

To surrender

CEDE

To surrender