{"id":891,"date":"2010-10-28T06:55:04","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T11:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattangre.com\/blog\/?p=891"},"modified":"2019-08-30T16:52:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:52:43","slug":"vocab-in-the-classics-the-tell-tale-heart-part-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/vocab-in-the-classics-the-tell-tale-heart-part-iv\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocab in the Classics: “The Tell-Tale Heart,” Part IV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Vocab in the Classics. This is Part I of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Click on any of the linked words for a definition; there will be a quiz at the end!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\" If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body. The night waned<\/a>, and I worked hastily, but in silence. First of all I dismembered<\/a> the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs.<\/p>\n

I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings<\/a>. I then replaced the boards so cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye — not even his –could have detected anything wrong. There was nothing to wash out –no stain of any kind –no blood-spot whatever. I had been too wary<\/a> for that. A tub had caught all –ha! ha!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

When I had made an end of these labors, it was four o’clock –still dark as midnight. As the bell sounded the hour, there came a knocking at the street door. I went down to open it with a light heart, –for what had I now to fear? There entered three men, who introduced themselves, with perfect suavity<\/a>, as officers of the police. A shriek had been heard by a neighbor during the night; suspicion of foul play had been aroused; information had been lodged<\/a> at the police office, and they (the officers) had been deputed<\/a> to search the premises.<\/p>\n

I smiled, –for what had I to fear? I bade the gentlemen welcome. The shriek, I said, was my own in a dream. The old man, I mentioned, was absent in the country. I took my visitors all over the house. I bade<\/a> them search –search well. I led them, at length, to his chamber. I showed them his treasures, secure, undisturbed. In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity<\/a> of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed<\/a> the corpse of the victim.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Did you get the meanings of wane, suavity, lodged, deputed, bade, audacity,<\/em> and reposed<\/em>? Go back and click if you need to, then use them in your own sentence or sentences.<\/p>\n

Here’s a sample:<\/p>\n

My date thought he was the epitome of suavity<\/em>, but my interest waned<\/em> when he bade<\/em> the waiter to come over to our table, and then deputed<\/em> him to read the entire menu to us out loud because he forgot his glasses. What audacity<\/em>! I lodged<\/em> my dissatisfaction and bade him farewell. As I walked home along the oceanfront, I looked out over the sea in silent repose<\/em> and thought: Never again will I let my sorority sisters set me up on a date.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Stay tuned for the next installment in the story….<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Vocab in the Classics. This is Part I of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Click on any of the linked words for a definition; there will be a quiz at the end! If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gre-strategies","category-vocabulary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7327,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions\/7327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}