Tell-Tale Heart Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 6. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
  2. 8. a board in the floor
  3. 11. someone who tells a story
  4. 13. a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
  5. 14. a look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm
  6. 15. any of various large birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
  7. 16. the dead body of a human being
  8. 18. a man who is very old
  9. 19. separate the limbs from the body
Down
  1. 1. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
  2. 2. a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body
  3. 3. the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lunch; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
  4. 4. affected with madness or insanity
  5. 5. unfair or dishonest behavior
  6. 7. as lifeless as a stone
  7. 9. light in a transparent protective case
  8. 10. the force of policemen and officers
  9. 12. pulsation;throbbing
  10. 15. disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress
  11. 16. a room used primarily for sleeping
  12. 17. a thin coating or layer