Tell Tale Heart And Flower Of Algeronin Vocab

Question 1

Admonish

Answer 1

Verb: warn or reprimand/rebuke/disapprove some one firmly

Question 2

Cower

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Verb: crouch down in fear

Question 3

Implication

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Noun: the conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated.

Question 4

Naïveté

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Noun: Lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity

Question 5

paradoxical

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adjective: seemingly absurd or self-contradictory

Question 6

encompassing

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Verb: Surrounded or held within

Question 7

ward

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Noun: a separate room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular type of patient.

Question 8

Imperceptibly

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Adverb: in a way that is so slight, gradual, or subtle as not to be perceived.

Question 9

flail

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Verb: wave or swing or cause to wave or swing wildly

Question 10

docile

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Adjective: ready to accept control or instruction; submissive.

Question 11

foresight

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Noun: the ability to predict or the action of predicting what will happen or be needed in the future

Question 12

dissimulation

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Noun: concealment of one’s thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense.

Question 13

cunningly

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Adverb: in a clever and deceitful way.

Question 14

sagacity

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Noun: the quality of being sagacious

Question 15

stifled

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Verb: restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on

Question 16

suppositions

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Noun: an uncertain belief

Question 17

mournful

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Adjective: feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief

Question 18

audacity

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Noun: rude or disrespectful behavior; impudence.

Question 19

fluently

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Adverb: in a smoothly graceful and effortless manner

Question 20

mockery

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Noun: teasing and contemptuous language or behavior directed at a particular person or thing.