Flowers for Algernon- List #1 and 2
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djbengteach on December 11, 2008
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 fissures | n- a long narrow opening or crack |
| refute | v- to prove to be false |
| tangible | adj- observable; understandable |
| introspective | adj- capable looking into one's own thoughts or feelings |
| obscure | v,adj- not clear; hidden from view |
| vacuous | adj- empty, dolt |
| specter | n- a visible spirt, ghost, or scary thought |
| amnesia | n- a loss of a large portion of memory |
| naive | adj-simple in nature; gullible, easily duped |
| convolutions | n- one of the cortex, folded parts of the brain |
| pompous | adj-ostentaious display of arrogance; haughty or extreme self-confidence |
| stimulus | n-something which incites the action or reaction |
| affront | n- an offensive action or word to cause one harm |
| parodoxical | adj- a self-contradictory statement |
| docile | adj- easily managed or handled; pleasant personality |
| baroque | adj- extravagantly ornate or florid in style; lavish architecture from 17th century Italy |
| marooned | v- abandoned; stranded on an island or desolate place |
| avert | v- to turn away or aside; to distract someone's attention |
| animated | adj- full of life, action, or spirit |
| platonic | adj- liking someone as a friend but not romantically; comes from Plato |
| interim | n- an intervening time; in the middle |
| depraved | adj- corrupt, wicked or perverted in some way |
| euphemism | n- the substitution of a mild, indirect or nice phrase for something offensive or crass |
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