Tell Tale Heart Vocabulary

Question 0

Hiding under a false appearance

Answer 0

dissimulation

Question 1

Sensitive physical or intellectual perception, like an acute sense of smell or an acute thinker.

Answer 1

Acute

Question 2

Shrewdness. Having keen perception of the senses.

Answer 2

sagacity

Question 3

Deathwatch beetles. Any of various small beetles (family Anobiidae) that are common in old houses where they bore in woodwork and furniture and make a tapping noise as a mating call.

Answer 3

Death watches

Question 4

Being smooth though often superficially gracious and sophisticated.h

Answer 4

suavity

Question 5

A motion of the body or limbs in speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments and sentiments.

Answer 5

gesticulation

Question 6

The use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt.

Answer 6

derision

Question 7

Being a hypocrite. Saying one thing but acting or thinking in a contradictory manner.

Answer 7

hypocritical

Question 8

Hide under a false appearance.

Answer 8

dissemble