Tell- Tale Heart Vocabulary Flashcards
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Dissimulation
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Hiding under a false appearance.
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Acute
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Sensitive physical or intellectual perception, like an acute sense of smell or an acute thinker.
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Sagacity
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Shrewdness. Having keen perception of the senses.
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Suavity
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Being smooth though often superficially gracious and sophisticated.
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Gesticulation
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A motion of the body or limbs in speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments and sentiments
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Derision
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The use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt.
