The Tell-Tale Heart Vocabulary Words

ACUTE

(adj.) keen, shart

PROFOUND

(adj.) of the greatest intensity

SINGULARLY

(adv) especially, exceptionally

VEHEMENTLY

(adv) fiercely, violently

DERISION

(n) , ridicule, mockery

CREVICE

(n) a long narrow opening, crack

TATOO

(n) continuous drumming, military term

DISSIMILATION

(n) disguise

SUPPOSITIONS

(n) educated guesses, assumptions that are believed to be true

SCANTLINGS

(n) small beams of wood

SAGACITY

(n) wisdom., ability to make good judgments

AUDACITY

(n), excessive boldness, rashness, daring

DEPUTED

(v) delegated; to appoint as a representative

STIFLED

(v) held back or stopped

WANED

(v) lesssened, diminished

VEXED

(v) troubled, bothered

FLUENTLY

easily and rapidly, as in speaking or writing

GESTICULATIONS

energetic hand or arm movements

HYPOCRITICAL

pretending to be virtuous; deceiving