Flowers For Algernon Vocab Flashcards
Define hypothesis
Educated guess
Define Absurd
(of an idea or suggestion) wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.
“the allegations are patently absurd”
Define impair
weaken or damage something (especially a human faculty or function).
“drug use that impairs job performance”
Define introspective
adjective
characterized by or given to introspection.
“he grew withdrawn and introspective”
Define naïveté
Lack of experience wisdom or judgement
Define oppurtunist
a person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles or plans.
“most burglaries are committed by casual opportunists”
Define proportional
corresponding in size or amount to something else.
Define regression
a return to a former or less developed state.
a lessening of the severity of a disease or its symptoms.
“he seemed able to produce a regression in this disease”
Define sensation
a physical feeling or perception resulting from something that happens to or comes into contact with the body.
Define shrew
a small mouselike insectivorous mammal with a long pointed snout and tiny eyes.
Define specialization
When you have a specific job in a certain area
Define statistically
of, relating to, based on, or employing the principles of statistics.
Define syndrome
a group of symptoms that consistently occur together or a condition characterized by a set of associated symptoms.
“a rare syndrome in which the production of white blood cells is damaged”
Define tangible
Perceptible by touch
Define vacuous
having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless.
