Tell-Tale Heart Vocabulary

vex means:

• deny

• annoy

• change

• criticize

• deceive

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

conceive means:

• make more specific

• have the idea for

• express agreement with

• resolve quickly and repeatedly

vehemently means:

• intensely

• effectively

• vaguely

• haphazardly

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

wary means:

• cautious

• energetic

• distracted

• clever

• serious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

acute means:

• puzzling, complex

• poor, needy

• bold, persistent

• perceptive, sensitive

a crevice is a

• crop

• cross

• crack

• crush

• crib

profound means

• nervous

• thoughtful

• lively

• daring

• honest

audacity means:

• the quality of planning for the future

• fearless or shameless daring

• a pleasant attitude

• a slight dent in the smoothness of a surface

The feeling that people express when they criticize and laugh at someone in an insulting way

• derision

• audacity

• stifle

• crevice

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

_______ means annoy or worry someone

• vex

• stifle

• acute

• dissimulate

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4