Flowers for Algernon Vocabulary
Across
- 2. affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important
- 5. having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless
- 6. the process of decline
- 7. the condition of suffering from a disease or medical condition
- 9. to envy or resent
- 11. pressing or demanding
- 12. trapped or isolated
- 14. in every case or on every occasion; always
- 16. the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses
- 17. a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt
- 19. prone to the examination or observation of one's own mental and emotional processes
- 21. to confuse or baffle
Down
- 1. place or deal with close together for contrasting effect
- 3. crouch down in fear
- 4. showing evidence of decline
- 8. separation of normally related mental processes
- 10. a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge
- 13. seemingly absurd or self-contradictory
- 15. clever or skillful in using the hands or mind
- 16. come together to form one mass or whole
- 18. take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force
- 20. the intervening time