Harrison Bergeron and Tell-Tale Heart Vocabulary

The members of the neighborhood watch kept careful ------------------ over the neighborhood on Halloween weekend.

• burden

• gesticulation

• vigilance

• hindrance

Babysitting for her three year old sister on a school night is a heavy ------------ for the freshman honor's student

• synchronize

• hindrance

• neutralize

• burden

Rain can be a --------------- on "Ride Your Bike To School Day"

• hindrance

• neutralize

• vigilance

• synchronize

The janitors move from class to class to -------------- all of the wall clocks in the building after Daylight Savings ends.

• neutralize

• burden

• synchronize

• vigilance

The commercial states that Febreeze ---------------- pet odors and it just does not mask them

• synchronizes

• burdens

• neutralizes

• hindrance

She felt an ------------ pain in her knee as she jumped over the hurdle

• wary

• cunning

• stealthily

• acute

The student's --------- resulted in the teacher calling on him for an answer.

• acute

• hindrance

• gesticulation

• sagacity

When he heard which restaurant his family was going to, he used _________ to hide his true feelings of dislike.

• dissimulation

• gesticulation

• wary

• synchronize

I am ------------ of noises in the woods when I walk early in the morning.

• profound

• burden

• acute

• wary

The _________ toddler smiled sweetly at his Mom so she would give him a cookie before dinner.

• neutralize

• profound

• cunning

• acute