“THE TELL-TALE HEART” REVIEW
Feb 24, 2016
“THE TELL-TALE HEART”
REVIEW
Audacity – bold, daring, confident
Vex – irritate, annoy, provoke, torment, trouble
Vehemently – zealously, strongly emotional, intense
Hypocritical – pretense of having
virtues, beliefs, principlesthat one does not possess
Derision – ridicule, mockery
Awe – overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fearthat is produced by that
whichis grand
Acuteness – sharp or severe in effect (acute
sorrow or pain)sharp penetrating in
intellect, insightor perception (an acute
observer)
Sagacity – acuteness of mental judgment and
discernment
Hearken – to listen to
Gesticulation – an animated or excited gesture
Profound – penetrating deeply into subjectsor thought or knowledge, having deepinsightpervasive or intense, thorough, complete (a profound silence)
Pulsation – the act of beating, throbbing
Dissimulation – to conceal, feign, to behypocritical
Suavity – smooth, agreeable qualitiescourteous manners
Scantling – a timber of relatively slightwidth and thickness