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8 - Algernon Vocab
"Flowers for Algernon" Vocabulary
Definition | Word |
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to prove wrong using argument or evidence | refute |
to conceal or hide, as though by covering up | obscure |
the quality of being immature or inexperienced | naivete |
the action or process of going to pieces; decline | deterioration |
symptoms that occur together and form a pattern | syndromes |
something that haunts the mind | specter |
of or relating to meaning in language | semantic |
marked by a lack of intelligence or ideas | vacuous |
having to do with examination of one’s own thoughts and feelings | introspective |
damaged, made worse, or diminished | impaired |
curved and folded ridges on the brain’s surface | convolutions |
narrow cracks | fissures |
always | invariably |
to return to an earlier or less advanced condition | regression |
confirmed | verified |
a theory to be proved | hypothesis |