The Curious Incident... Vocab List 2 (NF)

What does the word "implode" mean?

• relating to using language effectively; using words intended to persuade or impress

• to burst inward; to collapse or cause to collapse; to end or fail suddenly or dramatically

• conclude by reasoning; make a logical conclusion

• a person who is tiny or diminutive

What does the word "rhetorical" mean?

• softly bright or radiant; full of or shedding light; bright or shining

• a curve formed by an object thrown in the air and falling; a curve

• based primarily on a suggested idea or theory instead of evidence or facts

• relating to using language effectively; using words intended to persuade or impress

What does the word "presume" mean?

• to take to be the case or to be true; to expect or assume with confidence

• to burst inward; to collapse or cause to collapse; to end or fail suddenly or dramatically

• 1. conclude by reasoning; make a logical conclusion

• a curve formed by an object thrown in the air and falling; a curve

What does the word "deduce" mean?

• to take to be the case or to be true; to expect or assume with confidence

• conclude by reasoning; make a logical conclusion

• so small as to be meaningless; insignificant

• based primarily on a suggested idea or theory instead of evidence or facts

What does the word "homunculus" mean?

• 1. suffering from some form of psychotic disorder; a mental illness that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves

• 1. a curve formed by an object thrown in the air and falling; a curve

• a person who is tiny or diminutive

• relating to using language effectively; using words intended to persuade or impress

What does the word "schizophrenic" mean?

• a curve formed by an object thrown in the air and falling; a curve

• softly bright or radiant; full of or shedding light; bright or shining

• so small as to be meaningless; insignificant

• suffering from some form of psychotic disorder; a mental illness that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves

What does the word "luminous" mean?

• softly bright or radiant; full of or shedding light; bright or shining

• conclude by reasoning; make a logical conclusion

• to take to be the case or to be true; to expect or assume with confidence

• to burst inward; to collapse or cause to collapse; to end or fail suddenly or dramatically

What does the word "parabola" mean?

• 1. a curve formed by an object thrown in the air and falling; a curve

• softly bright or radiant; full of or shedding light; bright or shining

• a person who is tiny or diminutive

• relating to using language effectively; using words intended to persuade or impress

What does the word "negligible" mean?

• so small as to be meaningless; insignificant

• based primarily on a suggested idea or theory instead of evidence or facts

• suffering from some form of psychotic disorder; a mental illness that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves

• a person who is tiny or diminutive

What does the word "hypothetical" mean?

• to take to be the case or to be true; to expect or assume with confidence

• relating to using language effectively; using words intended to persuade or impress

• conclude by reasoning; make a logical conclusion

• based primarily on a suggested idea or theory instead of evidence or facts