Tell-Tale Heart Vocabulary

The speaker said his sense of hearing was _______________________

• stifled
• acute
• audacity
• refrained

Randy ____________ a laugh when he saw the play.

• raved
• vex
• stifled
• acute

______________ danger is the most dangerous because you don't see it.

• unperceived
• perceived
• audacity
• sagacity

The defendant _________________ denied having committed the crime.

• vex
• vehemently
• stifled
• raved

vex means:

• deny

• annoy

• change

• criticize

• deceive

vehemently means:

• intensely

• effectively

• vaguely

• haphazardly

acute means:

• puzzling, complex

• poor, needy

• bold, persistent

• sharp, intense

audacity means:

• the quality of planning for the future

• willingness to take a bold risk

• a pleasant attitude

• a slight dent in the smoothness of a surface

in a clever and deceitful way

• acuteness

• sagacity

• cunningly

• dissimulation

the quality of being wise and insightful

• profound

• conceived

• dreadful

• sagacity