"The Tell-Tale Heart" Vocabulary

n. thoughtful regard for the future

• vehemently

• foresight

• hearkening

• suavity

n. being hidden under a false appearance

• dissimulation

• audacity

• distinctness

• foresight

adj. troubled, distressed, agitated

• reposed

• vexed

• audacity

• bade

n. sound (clear) judgement

• suavity

• scantlings

• sagacity

• dissimulation

v. giving careful attention

• acute

• bade

• dissimulation

• hearkening

n. Having the quality of being unmistakable, clearly defined

• sagacity

• audacity

• bade

• distinctness

v. to grow gradually less

• waned

• reposed

• acute

• vehemently

n. Small quantities or amounts

• bade

• distinctness

• foresight

• scantlings

n. gracefulness, politeness

• sagacity

• audacity

• suavity

• derision

v. urged, compelled

• vexed

• bade

• reposed

• acute