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Tell-Tale Heart
vocabulary from a Tell-tale Heart
Question | Answer |
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Hearken | listen |
Dreadfully | really (with negative feeling) |
Acute | to a severe degree |
Foresight | Thoughtful regard for the future |
To make up one’s mind | to decide |
Dissimulation | Hidden under a false appearance |
Vexed | Troubled, distressed, caused agitation |
Sagacity | Sound judgment |
Hearkening | Giving careful attention |
Awe | A mixed feeling of reverence, fear, and wonder |
Distinctness | Unmistakable, clearly defined |
Over-acuteness | Very keen |
Concealment | A means of hiding |
Waned | To grow gradually less |
Scantlings | Small quantities or amounts |
Suavity | Gracefulness, politeness |
Bade | Urged, compelled |
Audacity | Bold courage, daring |
Reposed | To lay at rest |
Derision | Contempt, ridicule |