tell tale heart

becky A.
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  1. envelop
    enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
    All in vain; because Death, in approaching him, had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim.
  2. dismember
    separate the limbs from the body
    First of all I dismembered the corpse.
  3. crevice
    a long narrow opening
    When I had waited a long time, very patiently, without hearing him lie down, I resolved to open a little--a very, very little crevice in the lantern.
  4. suavity
    the quality of being charming and gracious in manner
    There entered three men, who introduced themselves, with perfect suavity, as officers of the police.
  5. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
    And this I did for seven long nights--every night just at midnight--but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work; for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye.
  6. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
    I shrieked, "dissemble no more!
  7. wane
    a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
    The night waned, and I worked hastily, but in silence.
  8. premise
    a statement that is held to be true
    A shriek had been heard by a neighbor during the night: suspicion of foul play had been aroused; information had been lodged at the police office, and they (the officers) had been deputed to search the premises.
  9. hypocritical
    professing feelings or virtues one does not have
    I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer!
  10. stifle
    impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
    It was not a groan of pain or grief--oh no!--it was the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe.
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