"Flowers for Algernon" vocabulary

Kris W.
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  1. laboratory
    a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
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  2. unconscious
    lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception
  3. contribute
    give, provide, or supply something
  4. shrew
    a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
  5. maroon
    leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
  6. accomplish
    achieve with effort
  7. advise
    give advice to
  8. petition
    request formally and in writing
  9. acquire
    gain knowledge or skills
  10. ignorance
    the lack of knowledge or education
  11. justify
    show to be right by providing proof
  12. equivalent
    being essentially comparable to something
  13. impaired
    mentally or physically unfit
  14. introspective
    given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences
  15. prediction
    the act of foretelling
  16. intelligence
    the ability to comprehend
  17. sensation
    a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest
  18. oversensitive
    unduly sensitive or thin-skinned
  19. technique
    a practical method or art applied to some particular task
  20. amnesia
    partial or total loss of memory
Created on Sun Dec 02 21:15:12 EST 2012

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