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Flowers for Algernon
Vocabulary words for the story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Term | Definition |
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Rorschach Test | a test for revealing the underlying personality structure of an individual by the use of a standard series of 10 inkblot designs to which the subject responds by telling what image or emotion each design evokes |
feeble-minded | not as "bright" as normal people. Ex. The boy dropped the plates and laughed with the people making fun of him because he was so feeble-minded. |
naivety | having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous. |
opportunist | the policy or practice, as in politics, business, or one's personal affairs, of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to expediency or effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles. |
intellectual | possessing or showing intellect or mental capacity, especially to a high degree: |
deceive | to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: |
subconscious | existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness |
conscious | aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc. |
I.Q. | idem quod |
perplexed | bewildered; puzzled: |