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The Tell Tale Heart Vocabulary

The Tell Tale Heart Vocabulary. 1. Acute. A sharp or keen sense of something. Ex: You could say you had an acute sense of hearing if you could hear everything. 2.Conceived. Thought of Ex: I conceived the idea of teaching The Tell Tale Heart around Halloween because it is a spooky story.

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The Tell Tale Heart Vocabulary

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  1. The Tell Tale HeartVocabulary

  2. 1. Acute • A sharp or keen sense of something. • Ex: You could say you had an acute sense of hearing if you could hear everything.

  3. 2.Conceived • Thought of • Ex: I conceived the idea of teaching The Tell Tale Heart around Halloween because it is a spooky story.

  4. 3. Vex • To disturb or annoy. • Ex: It would vex me to hear people talking while I was talking.

  5. 4. Stifled • Smothered • Ex: I felt stifled by the lack of air in the airplane.

  6. 5. Crevice • A small crack • Ex: I could only see a small part of the room through the crevice in the wall.

  7. 6. Stealthily • To do something cautiously or secretly. • EX: I tried to stealthily take one of the cookies from the jar, but the lid crashed to the floor and gave me away.

  8. 7. Audacity • Shameless daring or boldness • Ex: She had the audacity to ask me for $200, even though she already owed me money.

  9. 8. Vehemently • To do something with intense emotion • Ex: I asked vehemently to be allowed to go to the movies but my mom still said ‘No’.

  10. 9. derision • To ridicule or tease • The constant derision from her friends made Jenna decide to find a new group of friends.

  11. 10. Hypocritical • False or deceptive, like a person who is pretending to be what he or she is not. • Ex: It seemed hypocritical of her to tell me to save my money as she was out shopping.

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