Tell Tale Heart Vocabulary

When a person hides their true feelings they are exhibiting ________.

• dismemberment

• audacity

• vehemence

• dissimulation

The tattoo from the reggae music was stuck in my head> In this sentence tattoo means?

• artwork created on skin with injected ink

• a rhythmic or drum-like beat

• a tag or sign

When her nephew broke her favorite figurine after being told not to touch it, Jan reacted

• vehemently

• reposedly

• dully

The pain medication __________ his senses so that he could sleep.

• vexed

• dismembered

• dulled

I could not believe she has the _________________ to speak to Ben after she had trashed him on Instagram.

• audacity

• sagacity

• supposition

After school, Jada ____________ on the sofa and chilled.

• supposed

• reposed

• deposed

Her _________sense of sight allowed her to see Kevin approaching from far off.

• dull

• fancy

• acute

His __________________ about who the murderer was really nothing more than a hunch.

• supposition

• dismemberment

• sagacity

Despite her keen mind, the Sunday crossword puzzle often _________ her.

• deputed

• vexed

• fancied

Her _____________ seemed well beyond her years; she seemed to have a special wisdom about how people behave.

• audacity

• dismemberment

• sagacity