Flowers for algernon_vocab_pics
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Flowers for Algernon
Vocabulary
English Department
Bidwell Jr. High School
Absurd
• Adj
• Completely stupid or unreasonable
• The man’s mullet was absurd.
Introspective
• Adj
• tending to think deeply about your own thoughts, feelings, or behavior
• The eighth grader sat alone and was very deep and introspective.
Proportional
• Adj
• In the correct or most suitable relationship to it in size, amount, importance
• The mans head was not proportional to his body.
Shrew
• Noun
• an unpleasant woman who always argues and disagrees with people
• The mean old woman down the street was a shrew.
Syndrome
• Noun
• an illness which consists of a set of physical or mental problems
• Stockholm Syndrome is when a person who is kidnapped shows loyalty to the kidnapper.
Naïveté
• Adj
• not having much experience of how complicated life is
• The country bumpkin showed his naiveté when he went to the big city.
Regression
• Noun
• the act of returning to an earlier condition that is worse or less developed
• The boy regressed when his little sister was born.
Specialization
• Noun
• limiting one’s interests or activities to one particular subject
• The doctor’s specialization was feet.
Tangible
• Adj
• clear enough to be easily seen or noticed
• There is no tangible evidence of Casey’s guilt.
Hypothesis
• Noun
• Idea or guess about something that has yet to be proven
• The idea that Sasquatch is real is only a hypothesis.
Impair
• Verb
• to damage something or make it not as good as it should be
• The illness had impaired his ability to think and concentrate.
Opportunist
• Noun
• someone who uses every opportunity to gain power, money, or unfair advantages
• The dishonest kid was an opportunist.
Sensation
• Noun
• a feeling that you get from one of your five senses, especially the sense of touch
• One sign of a heart attack is a tingling sensation in the left arm.
Statistic
• Noun
• A set of numbers which represent facts or measurements
• Statistics show that 50% of new businesses fail in their first year.
Vacuous
• Adj
• showing no intelligence or having no useful purpose
• The kid’s vacuous expression showed he wasn’t very bright.
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