Tell Tale Heart Vocabulary

profound

• a hiding of one's true feelings

• having great depth or seriousness

• said, past tense of bid

• unmistakable, clearly defined

unmistakable, clearly defined

• distinctness

• dissimulation

• pulsation

• vexed

foresight

• unmistakable, clearly defined

• an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration

• to lay at rest

• care or provision for the future

to beat or throb, as of the pulse

• hearkening

• sagacity

• vexed

• pulsation

a hiding of one's true feelings

• derision

• dissimulation

• distinctness

• reposed

sharp, severe, intense

• reposed

• sagacity

• foresight

• over-acuteness

small quantities or amounts

• concealment

• bade

• derision

• scantlings

suavity

• hiding

• sharp, severe, intense

• graceful politeness

• a hiding of one's true feelings

to lay at rest

• dissimulation

• scantlings

• reposed

• profound

a dramatic gesture used to emphasize one's words

• audacity

• hearkening

• gesticulation

• sagacity