Tell Tale Heart Vocabulary

Question 1

acute

Answer 1

Sharp or keen (as in an acute sense of hearing)

Question 2

Audacity

Answer 2

Presumption; insolence; bold courage; daring

Question 3

Derision

Answer 3

contempt or ridicule

Question 4

foresight

Answer 4

a looking forward; the power to see what will happen; thoughtful regard for the future

Question 5

Mockery

Answer 5

a person or thing that receiving or deserving ridicule or derision; an impertinent imitation

Question 6

Premises

Answer 6

A piece of real estate; a house or building and its land

Question 7

Profound

Answer 7

marked by intellectual depth; deeply or intensely felt

Question 8

Raved

Answer 8

To talk wildly with excessive enthusiasm

Question 9

Refrained

Answer 9

held back; kept from doing something

Question 10

Sagacity

Answer 10

Keen perception or penetrating intelligence; sound judgement

Question 11

Stifled

Answer 11

To suppress or hold back; to check or stop

Question 12

Unperceived

Answer 12

not seen or understood

Question 13

Vehemently

Answer 13

acting with great force; violently or forcefully

Question 14

Vex

Answer 14

to disturb or annoy; to terrify

Question 15

Waned

Answer 15

To become less intense (as in The light of the moon waned as dawn approached)