TellTale Heart Vocab

Dreadfully

to be extreme about something; to fear something

Acute

to be sharp or severe or intense

Gradually

to change or lessen in small degrees

Foresight

the act of looking or thinking forward about future things

Cunningly

to be extremely smart, crafty, or sly

Vexed

extremely irritated

Profound

to have deep meaning or significance; profound

Scarcely

barely; hardly; not quite

Vain

excessively proud or concerned with one's self to an extreme

Stealthily

to do things in secret; not openly doing something

Distinctness

not identical; having a definite separate quality

Precisely

to be exact; right on

Waned

to decline or draw to a close; to approach the end

Hastily

done quickly; with speed; hurried

Premises

a basis on which you decide on a certain path or reasoning

Familiar

well known; to know personally

Audacity

to be bold or confident to the point of arrogance

Sagacity

to be mentally sharp; soundness of judgment

Fatigue

to be extremely tired or worn-out

Definitiveness

being sure of something; having a final solution

Fluently

to do something quickly or with ease

Vehemently

to be zealous or passionate about something

Grated

to be annoyed or irritated; to have an unpleasant effect

Mockery

to be offensive to someone; to put someone down

Derision

to ridicule or make fun of or mock