"Flowers for Algernon" Vocabulary

Front

A bad tempered nagging woman

Back

Shrew

Front

Haunts or troubles the mind

Back

Spectre

Front

Prove something is wrong

Back

refute

Front

Hebrew word for congratulations

Back

mazeltov

Front

Return to earlier, less advanced condition

Back

Regression

Front

Worsening of conditions

Back

Deterioration

Front

Examining one's own thoughts or feelings

Back

Introspective

Front

Ignorant of the ways of the world; inexperienced

Back

Naive

Front

Doctor who studies and operates on the brain

Back

Neurosurgeon

Front

Opposite of expectation

Back

Irony