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8 - Algernon Vocab
"Flowers for Algernon" Vocabulary
| Definition | Word |
|---|---|
| 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 |