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Flowers for Algernon
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Tangible | observable or understandable through the senses ; can be touched |
Rorschach | a psychological test that involves inkblots which a person must describe |
Motivation | a desire to work hard and achieve a goal |
Specter | A disturbing and haunting thought ; a ghost |
Neurosurgeon | Doctor who operates on the nervous system, spine, and brain |
Apathetic | Indifferent, showing no emotions |
Opportunist | A person who takes unfair advantage of someone else |
Subconscious | Thoughts and feelings that buried beneath one’s conscious thoughts; existing in the mind, but not immediately available to the consciousness |
Comparative | Showing the similar relationships between two things |
Cower | to shrink back in fear |
Maroon | to strand or desert with no hope of rescue |
Justified | to be able to show that your actions are right and correct |
Vacuous | empty, shallow, having nothing |
Refute | to disprove ; show to be false |
Obscure | hidden in the shadows |
Fissures | narrow openings or crevices found in the brain |
Introspective | examining oneself by looking inward |
Feeble-minded | a lack of intelligence |
Naive | trusting and having a childlike innocence |
Deteriorate | to diminish in quality over a period of time |
-spect | Latin word root meaning to see |
-vac | Latin word root meaning empty |
Impair | to weaken or damage, can be permanent or temporary |
Regression | to return to an earlier less advanced state |
Infuriate | to make extremely angry or send into a rage |
Seldom | rarely, infrequently |
-tion | suffix used to create a noun |
-ate | suffix for a verb |
-tor | suffix for one who does something |
-pathos | root meaning emotion |
verified | proven to be true |
psychology | study of the brain and the min, especially behavior |
-sub | under/lower |
-sci | to know |
accelerate | to get faster , speed up |
invariably | always, in every case , on every occasion |