| A | B |
| Affluent | Wealthy and privileged; well-to-do |
| Superfluous | Additional to what is necessary; extra |
| Mellifluous | Sweetly flowing or sounding |
| Leaven | To make less heavy or serious |
| Levity | Lack of seriousness; jolly |
| Alleviate | To make less painful or dangerous |
| Elapse | To slip away; go by |
| Collapse | Complete failure and ruin |
| Relapse | A falling back into an old illness or a bad habit |
| Recede | To move back or away from |
| Concession | Something given up or yielded |
| Cede | To surrender |