Tell Tale Heart
a sudden sharpening of the senses
What is acute?
Full of life
What is vivacious?
lazy
What is indolent?
A violent flow of fluid, a rainstorm
What is a torrent?
The quality of being inventive
What is ingenuity?
The use of ridicule or scorn to insult
What is derision?
a mountain lake with steep sides
What is a tarn?
sudden, unexpected, curt
What is abrupt?
An object thought to have magical powers.
What is a talisman?
A system where people are ranked by status or authority.
What is a hierarchy?
To irritate or annoy.
What is vex?
generous
What is munificient?
surprise
What is astonishment?
Ordinary, dull or common.
What is prosaic?
A woman who flirts playfully.
What is a coquette?
Making gestures with one's hands.
What is gesticulate?
comfort
What is solace?
luxurious, like a palace
What is palatial?
A tendency to believe things are true, even without certain evidence.
What is credulity?
Someone who lends money at a high interest rate.
What is a usurer?
Arrogant boldness
What is audacity?
study carefully
detect, recognize, discriminate
What is discern?
Inflict a serious or disfiguring injury on
What is mutilate?
To make poor.
What is impoverish?