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Flowers for Algernon
Vocabulary words from Flowers for Algernon
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English
9th Grade
09/10/2008

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Adroit

Definition

expert of nimble in the use of the hands or body.

skillful;adept

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Begrudge
Definition
to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of someone else
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Blasphemer
Definition
to speak of God or something sacred in an irreverant manner
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Blundering
Definition
to move clumsily or blindly
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Coalesced
Definition
to grow together or into one body
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Complexity
Definition
the state or quality of being complex
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Crumpled
Definition

rumpled, wrinkled, or crushed

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Cynic
Definition

one who believes that all are motivated by selfishness

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Degenerate
Definition
to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities, deteriorate
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Deleterious
Definition
injurious, dangerous
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Dilettantes
Definition
a person who takes up art, an activity or subject merely for amusement
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