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Tell-Tale Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acute | sharp, keen |
| conceived | thought of |
| vex | disturb, annoy |
| stifled | smothered |
| dissimulation | hiding one’s true feelings |
| sagacity | sound judgment, intelligence |
| death watches | beetles that making a tapping sound with their head |
| crevice | crack |
| stealthly | cautiously, secretly |
| tattoo | drumming sound |
| waned | approached its end |
| scatlings | small, wooden floor beams |
| suavity | smooth courteousness |
| audacity | shameless daring or boldness |
| Vehemently | with intense emotion |
| derision | ridicule |
| hypocritical | false or deceptive; a person pretending to be what he or she is not |
| reposed | rested |
| gesticulations | energetic gestures of the hands or arms |
| dissemble | pretend |