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Tell Tale Heart
Vocabulary words for Edgar Allan Poe's Tell Tale Heart
| Term | Definition | Synonyms | Antonyms |
|---|---|---|---|
| acuteness | a quick and penetrating intelligence; the quality of being very good, accurate, and showing an ability to notice small differences | cleverness, keenness, shrewdness | inability, ineptness, stupidity |
| audacity | bold or arrogant disregard of normal constraints | nerve, gall, guts | timidity, fear, cowardice |
| conceive | to think or to create consthing | design, develop, originate | |
| cunning | marked by skill in deception | shrewd, keen, slick, devious | blunt, naive, aboveboard |