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Rich ! Improve your vocabulary ! Word Wrap. Rich people do not have knowledge, they only have money.


Main word is RICH – Adjective - having a lot of money or valuable possessions.
The associated words are
Wealthy
Well-off
Well to do
Affluent
Opulent

In what context should you use these words?

He's the third richest man in the country.
Tensions between the rich and poor grow higher under certain circumstances.
He led her down into the basement of the gated apartment building, where the wealthy residents of the apartment kept their expensive cars.
Being the only well-off member of her family, she was expected to do this sort of thing.
He wants to find a husband from a well-to-do background for his daughter.
It's a fallacy that the affluent give relatively more to charity than the less prosperous.
Most of the cash went on supporting his opulent lifestyle.

Point of Interest- Wealthy people know how to make money.
Rich people do not have knowledge, they only have money.



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