The Tell-Tale Heart Vocabulary

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The Tell-Tale Heart Vocabulary
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audacity (n) boldness deputed (v)
delegated derision (n) ridicule dissemble (v)
to act or speak falsely, lie dissimulation (n)
deceit hearken (v) to listen pitch (v)
tar sagacity (n) shrewdness, cleverness scantlin
gs (n) small pieces of lumber suavity (n)
pleasantness tattoo (n) a rhythmic rapping (not
what skilled artists needle into your flesh) vex
(v) to irritate