Flowers for Algernon Vocabulary

Existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness.

• Conscious

• Specialization

• Subconscious

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Aware of what is happening; fully aware.

• Psychology

• Conscious

• Specialization

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

The study of mental process and behavior.

• Psychology

• Neurosurgeon

• Inferiority Complex

Doctor who performs operations on the brain.

• Specialization

• Syndrome

• Neurosurgeon

A person who takes advantage of any opportunity to achieve a goal.

• Opportunist

• Neurosurgeon

• Shrew

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A mean, nagging person.

• Absurd

• Naïve

• Shrew

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

A state of great interest and excitement.

• Regression

• Sensation

• Proportional

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Able to be seen or touched; material.

• Tangible

• Vacuous

• Introspective

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A focus on a particular activity or area of study.

• Opportunist

• Specialization

• Psychology

Ridiculously unreasonable

• Naïve

• Regression

• Absurd

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4