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    This document provides definitions for 14 vocabulary words from Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart". The words include foresight, dissimulation, vexed, sagacity, hearkening, awe, distinctness, over-acuteness, concealment, waned, scantlings, suavity, bade, audacity, and reposed.

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    This document provides definitions for 14 vocabulary words from Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart". The words include foresight, dissimulation, vexed, sagacity, hearkening, awe, distinctness, over-acuteness, concealment, waned, scantlings, suavity, bade, audacity, and reposed.

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    The Tell-Tale Heart

    Vocabulary Worksheet
    Foresight:

    Thoughtful regard for the future

    Dissimulation:

    Hidden under a false appearance

    Vexed:

    Troubled, distressed, caused agitation

    Sagacity:

    Sound judgment

    Hearkening:

    Giving careful attention

    Awe:

    A mixed feeling of reverence, fear, and wonder

    Distinctness:

    Unmistakable, clearly defined

    Over-acuteness:

    Very keen

    Concealment:

    A means of hiding

    Waned:

    To grow gradually less

    Scantlings:

    Small quantities or amounts

    Suavity:

    Gracefulness, politeness

    Bade:

    Urged, compelled

    Audacity:

    Bold courage, daring

    Reposed:

    To lay at rest

    Derision:

    Contempt, ridicule

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