The document contains definitions for 20 vocabulary words, including affluent, dismal, superfluous, mellifluous, rapacious, leaven, susceptible, levity, precept, alleviate, omnivorous, elapse, collapse, aristocracy, relapse, recede, concession, and discord. Each word is followed by a brief definition describing its meaning.

1. Wealthy and privileged; well-to-do

2. AFFLUENT Wealthy and privileged; well-to-do

3. To give credit or recognition to

4. LEGITIMIZE* To give credit or recognition to

5. Causing great sadness or pessimism

6. DISMAL* Causing great sadness or pessimism

7. Additional to what is necessary; extra

8. SUPERFLUOUS Additional to what is necessary; extra

9. Sweetly flowing or sounding

10. MELLIFLUOUS Sweetly flowing or sounding

11. Seizing everything; greedy

12. RAPACIOUS* Seizing everything; greedy

13. To make less heavy or serious

14. LEAVEN To make less heavy or serious

15. Able to be influenced

16. SUSCEPTIBLE* Able to be influenced

17. Lack of seriousness; jolly or joking manner

18. LEVITY Lack of seriousness; jolly or joking manner

19. An idea important to a system of beliefs

20. PRECEPT* An idea important to a system of beliefs

21. To make less painful or dangerous

22. ALLEVIATE To make less painful or dangerous

23. Feeding on both plants and animals

24. OMNIVOROUS* Feeding on both plants and animals

25. To slip away; go by

26. ELAPSE To slip away; go by

27. Complete failure and ruin

28. COLLAPSE Complete failure and ruin

29. group of the most wealthy and privileged

30. ARISTOCRACY* group of the most wealthy and privileged

31. A falling back into an old illness or bad habit

32. RELAPSE A falling back into an old illness or bad habit

33. To move back or away from

34. RECEDE To move back or away from

35. Something given up or yielded

36. CONCESSION Something given up or yielded

37. Lack of agreement; harmony

38. DISCORD* Lack of agreement; harmony

39. To surrender

40. CEDE To surrender