Tell-Tale Heart Vocabulary

Dogs have such an __________ sense of smell that they can smell something from a mile away.

• inquiry

• acute

• audacity

• fatigue

The inventor ___________ the idea for her new invention while she was driving in her car.

• deposited

• vexed

• gazed

• conceived

The student demonstrated his sagacity when he decided to study instead of going to the movies with friends the night before the vocabulary quiz.

• sagacity

• stealthily

• sufficient

• stimulate

The sky was so clear last night that I decided to ________ at the stars.

• inquire

• corpse

• gaze

• deposit

When I heard the sound outside my window, I stayed as still as a ____________.

• gaze

• corpse

• bold

• stimulant

Taking a hot shower in the morning helps to ___________ my brain when I feel tired.

• stimulate

• vex

• inquire

• deposit

Francine dropped her phone in the ____________ between her seat and the center console in her car.

• crevice

• gaze

• acute

• arouse

The man ________ cut the elderly woman in line.

• sagaciously

• audaciously

• boldly

• sufficiently

The teenager _____________ entered the house when he arrived after his midnight curfew, so his mom wouldn't hear him.

• sagacity

• corpse

• stealthily

• vehemently

The politicians vehemently disagreed on the controversial issue to the point that their debate almost turned physical.

• vehemently

• sagaciously

• sufficiently

• stealthily