"Flowers for Algernon" Vocab Flashcard 1

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Literary device creating parallels between ideas

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Analogy

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To provide a reason or explanation that makes something right

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justify

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To dislike intensely

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despise

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Feeling or belief of guilt

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Suspicion

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To prove a statement false

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refute

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Lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment

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naivete

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Inward-looking; examining one's own thoughts and feelings

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introspective

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Ability to think logically and intelligently

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Intellectual

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Process of becoming worse

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Deterioration

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To intentionally mislead or trick someone

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deceive