Tell-Tale Heart Vocabulary

Sharp and strong or intense

• Acute

• Vex

• Stifled

• Wane

To disturb, annoy, or anger, especially by some small, repeated action

• Acute

• Vex

• Stifled

• Wane

Held back; smothered

• Acute

• Vex

• Stifled

• Wane

To draw to a close; approach an end

• Acute

• Vex

• Stifled

• Wane

Reckless boldness; daring

• Audacity

• Wane

• Singularly

• Vehemently

Unusually or remarkably; extraordinarily

• Audacity

• Wane

• Singularly

• Vehemently

Strongly; intensely; passionately

• Audacity

• Wane

• Singularly

• Vehemently

Pretending be what one is not; fake; insincere

• Audacity

• Wane

• Singularly

• Hypocritical