Vocabulary: “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe
1. ______acute A. warm-hearted and friendly; healthy and sincere
2. ______hearken B. having or showing keen mental understanding and practical sense
3. ______foresight C. to cut limb from limb; to destroy or divide into parts
4. ______dissimulate D. to make or use hand motions or gesture in an excited manner
5. ______cunning E. cleverness; skill used in a crafty, sly way
6. ______hearty F. ridicule; mockery
7. ______profound G. to listen carefully or pay attention to; to heed
8. ______sagacious H. secret or sly means or actions
9. ______supposition I. to hide or conceal (one’s thoughts, motives, etc.); dissemble
10. ______crevice J. the ability or power to see into the future; also, careful planning for the future
11. ______stealth K. marked by strong feeling or emotion; intense or energetic
12. ______hideous L. sharp or severe; very great; intense; pointed
13. ______refrain M. smoothly polite or gracious
14. ______dismember N. something of very little value or importance
15. ______suave O. having or showing deep understanding; wise; deep or severe
16. ______audacity P. the act of considering as possible or assuming; the act of thinking or imagining
17. ______vehement Q. boldness or courage; insolence or rudeness
18. ______trifle R. a crack that forms an opening; a cleft or fissure
19. ______gesticulate S. a phrase repeated again and again throughout a poem or song
20. ______derision T. ugly or horrible