CH. 4-7 vocab (YOIG)

Prosperity

• the condition of being successful or thriving

• excess in action and immoderate indulgence of appetites

• someone who is excessively self-centered

• useless repetition

Dismantled

• offensive to the mind

• relating to statistics to calculate insurance premiums

• to disconnect the pieces of

  also : to destroy the integrity or functioning of

• a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

Tedious

• a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

• tiresome because of length or dullness

• having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

Dismayed

• a number of people or things that follow each other in sequence

• a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher

• intelligence achieved far ahead of normal development

• experiencing or showing feelings of alarmed concern or dismay : upset, worried, or agitated because of some unwelcome situation or occurrence

Succession

• lacking in courage, strength, and resolution

• experiencing or showing feelings of alarmed concern or dismay : upset, worried, or agitated because of some unwelcome situation or occurrence

• a number of people or things that follow each other in sequence

• the feeling of being bored by something tedious

Insistence

• demand something forcefully, not accepting refusal

• a state of motor and mental inactivity

• the condition of being successful or thriving

• having a daily cycle or occurring every day

Ravenously

• demand something forcefully, not accepting refusal

• something considered choice to eat

• very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification

• move with or as if with a rushing sound

Meandered

• occurring in the same period of time

• the act of linking together as in a series or chain

• (of a speaker or text) proceed aimlessly or with little purpose

• favoritism shown to relatives or friends by those in power

Refrain

• direct onto a point or target

• to keep oneself from doing, feeling, or indulging in something

• a powerful circular current of water

• apparently reasonable, valid, or truthful

Monotonous

• dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest

• the outcome of a complex sequence of events

• strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity

• powerful