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.

3. Vex

• To disturb or annoy.

•Ex: It would vex me to hear people talking while I was talking.

4. Stifled

• Smothered

•Ex: I felt stifled by the lack of air in the airplane.

5. Crevice

• A small crack

• Ex: I could only see a small part of the room through the crevice in the wall.

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.

7. Audacity

• Shameless daring or boldness

•Ex: She had the audacity to ask me for $200, even though she already owed me money.

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’.

9. derision

• To ridicule or tease

•The constant derision from her friends made Jenna decide to find a new group of friends.

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.