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Tell-Tale Heart Vocabulary Words
1.
Acute: sharp; sensitive.
a.
Walking down the street, I had an acute
sense that I was being watched from the shadows. That often happens when I’m already nervous
and on high-alert.
2.
Wary: cautious.
a.
George was wary of talking to Curley
because he had a sense of Curley’s aggression.
3. Suavity:
smoothness; politeness.
a.
Miss Gruwell urged her students to act with suavity
as they shared dinner with the elderly Holocaust survivors.
4. Vehemently:
forcefully; passionately.
a.
Eva vehemently threw The Diary of Anne
Frank on Miss Gruwell’s desk when she learned that Anne died because she
was so angry.
5. Sagacity:
intelligence and good judgment.
a.
Miss Gruwell’s dad had the sagacity to
understand that his daughter was dedicated to her job.
6. Audacity:
boldness.
a.
I couldn’t believe the nerve and audacity
of the student to insult their teacher in that way.
7. Gesticulations:
energetic gestures.
a.
Some say that Jersey folks speak loudly and with
gesticulations as they make their point and tell their stories, acting
out what happened.
8. Vexed:
disturbed; annoyed.
a.
I can’t understand why the madman was so vexed
by the old man’s eye. It was just an eyeball
and the gentleman was perfectly kind!
That wouldn’t annoy me!
9. Refrained:
held back.
a.
George and the guys on the ranch refrained
from talking to Curley’s Wife because they feared getting fired.
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