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Tell Tale Heart Vocab
Vocab words from The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
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Hearken
listen
Acute
sensitive
Dissimulation
hiding of one's feelings or purposes
Profound
intellectually deep; getting to the bottom of the matter
Sagacity
high intelligence and sound judgment
Deathwatches
wood-boring beetles whose heads make a tapping sound superstitiously regarded as an omen of death
Crevice
a narrow opening
Scantlings
small beams or timbers
Gesticulations
energetic hand or arm movements
Derision
contempt; ridicule
Dissemble
conceal under a false appearance; to conceal the truth of one's true feelings or motives
Foresight
an act or the power of foreseeing
Vex
to bring trouble, distress, or agitation
Dismembered
to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members or parts
Vehemently
intensely emotional
Suppositions
hypothesis or idea
