Vocab Set 3 - Flowers for Algernon

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To prove false

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Refute

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Return to an earlier or less advanced condition

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regress

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A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable.

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degenerate

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Meaning of 'perplexed'?

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Puzzled or bewildered; confused mentally.

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Formal written request signed by many people

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petition

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"Impaired" means...

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weakened or damaged

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Less hopeful or enthusiastic

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Discouraged

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Workplace for scientific research

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laboratory

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Reader knows something the character doesn't

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Dramatic irony

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A figure of speech where what is said contrasts with what is meant.

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verbal irony