"The Tell-Tale Heart" Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. in a remarkable or unusual way
  2. 3. sharp or highly sensitive
  3. 4. the act of hiding one’s true feelings or intentions
  4. 6. To annoy, bother, or frustrate someone.
  5. 7. steps or stages in a process
  6. 9. before
  7. 11. the soft tissue inside bones
  8. 12. a narrow opening or crack
  9. 14. having deep understanding or insight; very great or intense
  10. 15. Pretending to be one way while actually being another; saying one thing but doing the opposite.
  11. 17. to listen carefully
  12. 18. without success; useless
  13. 19. smooth, polite behavior
  14. 21. good judgment; wisdom
  15. 22. Jeering laughter or ridicule.
  16. 23. filled too much with emotion or energy
Down
  1. 1. small pieces of wood used as supports
  2. 2. to cut off the limbs of something
  3. 5. To do something with strong emotion, force, or intensity.
  4. 8. the chest; the center of feelings
  5. 10. assigned or appointed to do something
  6. 13. To think of an idea or form something in your mind; to imagine or create a thought.
  7. 15. warm, friendly, or enthusiastic
  8. 16. clever or sneaky in a tricky way
  9. 20. a dark, thick, sticky substance; used here to mean total darkness
  10. 21. To stop something from happening; to hold something back, like a sound or feeling.