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Tell-Tale Heart
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity; felt or experienced intensely. |
| audacity | bold or arrogant disregard of normal restraint; daring qualities often seen as rude. |
| conceive | to take into oneâs mind; to form an idea, or think of. |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack. |
| derision | a state of being laughed at or ridiculed; the feeling people express when they laugh at someone/something in an insulting way. |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel. |
| stealthily | slow and secret in action; quiet and secretive to avoid being noticed. |
| stifle | to cut off (as in voice or breath,); to withhold from expression. |
| vehemently | intensely emotional; in a strong (often angry,) manner. |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation; to irritate or annoy. |