TTH+Vocab+3-4

Pgs. 3-4 Vocabulary Previous Next 1. sagacity, hearkening, awe, death watches 2. suppositions, mournful

Word:vex** -paraphrase the excerpt -link to the source of the definition
 * Page: 2
 * Story excerpt**:This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall.
 * Definition:** to torment; trouble; distress; plague; worry: //Lack of money vexes many. [|(dictionary.com)]//
 * Paraphrase:** It didnt bother me though, you couldnt hear anyhting through the wall.
 * My first name and initial: Lauren D.**

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 * Page:** 3
 * Word: Awe**
 * Story excerpt**: It was the low, stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with **Awe.**
 * Definition:** An overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful,
 * Paraphrase:** A sense of something so big and/or important that it over rides every other feeling
 * My first name and initial:** Nick A


 * Page:** 3
 * Word:** Sagacity
 * Story excerpt:** Never, before that night, had I felt the extent of my own powers- of my **Sagacity.

Defi****nition:** Acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgement. -link to the source -paraphrase the excerpt more precisely; don't use the vocab word in your paraphrase.
 * Paraphrase**: My sagacity would help me to pull off the greatest crime of all time.
 * My first and last initial:** Nick R.


 * Page: 3 **
 * Word: Hearkening **
 * Story excerpt**:He was still sitting up in the bed, listening;- just as I have done, night after night, **hearkening** to the death- watches in the wall.
 * Paraphrase excerpt:** He was still awake, just i have been every night, listening greatly to death, who watches through the wall.

**Resource:** [|www.dictionary.com]
 * Definition: To listen attentively; give heed. **
 * Paraphrase: To greatly listen to or hear something **
 * My first name and initial:** Erin D.

Word: Mournful** -where is the story excerpt? -be sure to paraphrase the excerpt
 * Page:4
 * Definition: F**eeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful; sad ([|Dictionary.com])
 * Paraphrase: Whe someone dies, and your very emotional.**
 * My first name and initial:** Kasey H.

Page: 3 Word: Death Watches Story excerpt**:He was still sitting up in the bed, listening;- just as I have done. night after night, hearkening to the** death watches **in the wall.** Definition: **From the superstition that its ticking presages death ([|Merriam-Webster]).** Paraphrase: **He was upright in his bed, trying to see is anyone was in his house, like i been doing. Every night listening to when he was going to die from the watch in the wall.** My first name and initial: **William M.**

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 * Page:** 4
 * Word:** Vain
 * Story excerpt**:"All in vain: because death, in approaching the old man had stalked with his black shadow before him, ..."
 * Definition: in vain, **
 * a. || without effect or avail; to no purpose: //to apologize in vain.// ||
 * b. || in an improper or irreverent manner: //to take God's name in vain.// ||
 * Paraphrase:** Everything without effect: because he was going to die and as his our drew nearer death had cast it's shadow in front of him.
 * My first name and initial: Theodore A**

Page:4 Word: unperceived Story excerpt :and it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel-although he neither saw nor heard me- to fell the presence of my head within my room.

Definition: Paraphrase: not commented on My first name and initial: Alex A -link to your source -paraphrase the story excerpt -check to make sure you have the best definition

Word:** Suppositions
 * Page:4
 * Story excerpt**:Yes, he had been trying to comfort himself with these suppositions; but he had found all in vain
 * Definition: something that is supposed. /the act of supposing. [|(merriam-webster)]**
 * Paraphrase: making suspicions seem real to comfort yourself from danger.**
 * My first name and initial: Blake M.

Page: 4 Word: tatoo Story excerpt**: The hellish tatoo of the heart increased. My first name and initial: Austin O.**
 * Definition:** the act or practice of marking the skin with indelible patterns, pictures, legends, etc., by making punctures in it and inserting pigments. [|(dictonary])
 * Paraphrase: the hellish marking of the heart increased.