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Flowers for Algernon
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8th Grade
09/27/2009

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contribute
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to give for a purpose
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unconscious
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not conscious or aware
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intelligence
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the ability to learn, reason, and understand
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justified
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to show to be true or right; prove
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acquire
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to get or come to have as one's own
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absurd
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silly; foolish; not true
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accomplish
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to do or complete; carry out; achieve
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advise
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to give advice to; recommend
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amnesia
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partial or complete loss of memory as a result of an injury to the brain, illness, or shock
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equivalent
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he same as or equal to another in force, value, measure, or meaning
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ignore
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to refuse to recognize or fail to take notice of; pay no attention to
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impaired
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to lessen the strength or ability of; damage
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introspect
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to examine or consider one's own thoughts, feelings, and sensations
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laboratory
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a place used for scientific experiments
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maroon
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to leave on an island or coast, far from other people; abandon
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opportunist
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an act or the habitual practice of taking advantage of situations for one's own ends without considering principles or the effects on others
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oversensitive
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very sensitive
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petition
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to make a formal request to
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prediction
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a statement that something might happen or is expected to happen
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sensation
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a condition of being aware of something or feeling something by means of one of the senses
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shrew
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of violent temper and speech
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technique
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the particular method or way of doing or performing something
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vacuous
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characterized by lack of intelligence or serious intent; devoid of ideas or emotion.
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