The Tell-Tale Heart Vocabulary

audacity – (n) boldnessdeputed – (v) delegatedderision – (n) ridiculedissemble – (v) to act or speak falsely, liedissimulation – (n) deceithearken – (v) to listenpitch – (v) tarsagacity – (n) shrewdness, clevernessscantlings – (n) small pieces of lumbersuavity – (n) pleasantnesstattoo – (n) a rhythmic rapping (not what skilled artists needle into your flesh)vex – (v) to irritate