"Flowers for Algernon" Vocab Quiz 1

a literary device that creates a relationship based on parallels or connections between two ideas

• analogy

• ethics

• justification

• refute

To provide a reason or explanation that makes something right or reasonable

• justify

• deceive

• deteriorate

• introspective

To feel contempt or a deep repugnance for; to dislike intensely.

• deceive

• intellectual

• naivete

• despise

A feeling or belief that someone is guilty of an offense or wrongdoing.

• justification

• suspicion

• deterioration

• ethics

To prove a statement or theory to be false or incorrect.

• refute

• deceive

• ethics

• despise

Lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment; innocence or simplicity

• despise

• intellectual

• naivete

• justification

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

• naive

• introspective

• intellectual

• deteriorating

Relating to the ability to think in a logical and intelligent way

• intellectual

• justify

• ethical

• analogy

The process of becoming progressively worse.

• introspection

• deterioration

• intellectual

• deception

To intentionally mislead or trick someone.

• ethics

• justify

• deceive

• analogy