In the United States, depending on the context, the term “welfare” can be used to refer to means-tested cash benefits, especially the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program and its successor, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant, or it can be used to refer to all means-tested programs.
They help by having making it more interesting like using similes, metaphors, personification, etc.
Adjourn is when you break off in the legal case with the intention of resuming the trial/case/ whatever it is later.
Recess is when it's temporarily suspended.