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Tell-Tale Heart Voc.

Tell-Tale Heart Poecab.

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acute (adj.) sensitive to details; sharp, quick, keen, and perceptive
audacity (n.) shameless boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety. syn: recklessness
depute (v.) to assign or appoint as a representative syn: nominate, empower
derision (n.) mockery, ridicule syn: taunting; searing, insult, teasing
dissimulation (n.) dishonesty or concealment of one's real thoughts or character syn: dishonesty, pretense; pretend, deceive, masquerade
gesticulation (n.) animated or excited gestures
lucid (adj.) easily understood, clear; rational, sane syn: coherent, comprehensible
profound (adj.) 1. having deep insight or understanding 2. being or going far beneath what is superficial, external, or obvious; smart
recusant (n.) someone who refuses to follow rules or conform to customs and traditions. syn: rebel, deviant
sagacity (n.) wisdom; shrewdness, soundness of perspective
suavity (n.) agreeableness or politeness, courtesy; charm and sophistication syn: diplomacy, pleasantness
supposition (n.) an assumption, hypothesis based on little evidence syn: belief, suspicion, hunch
vehemently (adv.) in a manner that is strongly emotional; intense or passionate syn: intensely
vex (v.) to irritate, annoy; confuse, puzzle syn: bother, plague, afflict, irk; perplex, perturb
wane (v.) to decrease gradually syn: dwindle, flag, fade, shrink, diminish
wary (adj.) careful, cautious syn: watchful, vigilant, alert, guarded, suspicious
hearken (v.) to listen
stifled (adj.) suppressed or held back; smothered or suffocated; muted, muffled, restrained; deadened
stealthily (adv.) quietly and cautiously syn: furtively, secretly, surreptitiously, covertly
hypocritical (adj.) behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case. syn: fraudulent, deceitful, insincere, phony
dissemble (v.) to hide your real motives, feelings, or beliefs
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