Flowers for Algernon Vocabulary Skillful Adroit adept To

Flowers for Algernon: Vocabulary

�Skillful; Adroit adept

�To envy a possession or one’s enjoyment begrudge

�profane blasphemous

�To make a mistake as a result of stupidity or carelessness blunder

�To merge, to fuse Coalesce

�complicated Complex

�Something that pollutes Contaminant

�To wrinkle or rumple Crumple

�Exhibiting Cynical mocking disbelief

�A state of decline Degeneration

�Harmful; dangerous Deleterious

�An aimless and superficial follower of the arts Dilettante

�Easily managed; obedient Docile

�Substitution of an inoffensive term Euphemism

�Urgent Exigent

�cave Grotto

�Being humble in spirit Humility

�To place close together Juxtaposed

�Like a maze Labrinth

�Sluggish Lethargic

�Gloominess Morbidity

�Difficult to see Obscure

�Something that appears false but is actually correct Paradoxical

�Having a condescending attitude Patronizing

�Trite remark Platitude

�Exaggerated Pompous show of self importance

�Having Potent a strong effect

�To pucker or tighten one’s lips Purse

�Fake doctor Quack

�To restrain Repress

�To hurry about Scurry

�Insignificant Trivial matters

�To take possession without right Usurp

�Lacking content Vacuous

�To show indecision Waver