1. “The Tell-Tale Heart”
REVIEW

2. Audacity – bold, daring, confident
Vex – irritate, annoy, provoke,
torment, trouble
Vehemently – zealously, strongly
emotional, intense

3. Hypocritical – pretense of having
virtues, beliefs, principles
that one does not possess
Derision – ridicule, mockery
Awe – overwhelming feeling of
reverence, admiration, fear
that is produced by that which
is grand

4. Acuteness – sharp or severe in effect (acute
sorrow or pain)
sharp penetrating in intellect, insight
or perception (an acute observer)
Sagacity – acuteness of mental judgment and
discernment
Hearken – to listen to

5. Gesticulation – an animated or excited
gesture
Profound – penetrating deeply into subjects
or thought or knowledge, having deep
insight
pervasive or intense, thorough,
complete (a profound silence)

6. Pulsation – the act of beating, throbbing
Dissimulation – to conceal, feign, to be
hypocritical
Suavity – smooth, agreeable qualities
courteous manners

7. Scantling – a timber of relatively slight
width and thickness