Vocab Review - The Tell-Tale Heart

Are you mad? You can't plug in a hair dryer with wet hands! The bolded word as used in this sentence means....

I cannot believe his audacity to show his face here again after he broke up with me over text!

Ms. Vetsch spoke excitedly with wild gesticulations at the notion of spending a whole block with 8D.

His eye resembled that of a vulture...ew.

A million suppositions entered my mind when I found muddy paw prints all over the floors, my bedsheets and up the walls.

I did not include sufficient detail in my writing, so I lost a few marks.

This crevice in the wall is a perfect hiding spot for my cash savings!

The unperceived shadow lurks in the living room, stalking its prey.

I was devastated when I discovered my beloved Barbie doll dismembered by my seemingly-innocent dog!

Her voice vexed me. It was high-pitched and much too energetic so early in the morning.

Dissemble no more! I know it was you who ate my turkey sandwich!

Never before that night, after winning the spelling bee, had I felt the full extent of my sagacity!

A strange boy was inquiring about llamas at an alpaca convention last night. He must have been lost.

I like to spend the mornings hearkening to the songbirds that fly by my window.

I don't know when the idea first entered my mind, but once conceived, it haunted me day and night.

You wouldn't believe with what dissimulation I went to work on pretending to be kind to the old man.

Please do a quick look around the premises. The culprit may still be around.

Object, there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me.

I walked out the room with perfect suavity. They will never know that smell was me...

I started my preparations for the concealment of the murder weapon. If they find it, it's over for me!