“The Tell-Tale Heart” Vocabulary List

to grow gradually less

• waned

• hearken

• acute

• vex

contempt; ridicule

• sagacity

• cunningly

• sneaky

• derision

sly; sneaky

• over-acuteness

• cunningly

• foresight

• care

very intelligent

• audacity

• vex

• sagacity

• waned

ridicule; mocking attitude

• derision

• crevice

• stifled

• bade

unmistakable; clearly defined

• foresight

• distinctness

• vehemently

• awe

sensitive

• cunningly

• quietly

• angry

• acute

to irritate; annoy

• vex

• derision

• hearken

• quick

a means of hiding

• concealment

• conceive

• happy

• stealthily

to form; create

• awe

• distinctness

• scantlings

• conceive