Edgar Allen Poe The Tell-Tale Heart Vocabulary storyboard
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HYPOCRITICAL
Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! "Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed!"
VEX
And this I did for seven long nights - every night just at midnight - but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work; for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye.
DISSIMULATION
You should have seen how wisely I proceeded - with what caution - with what foresight - with what dissimulation I went to work!
(adj.) - Professing feelings or virtues one does not have; citing beliefs or values then violating them.
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(v.) - To irritate, disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.