Crime on Mars & The Tell-Tale Heart Vocab
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- Enigma
- An unexplainable matter or event
- Sects
- Small groups of people with the same leaders and beliefs
- Crustaceans
- Shellfish, such as lobsters, crabs, or shrimp
- Aboriginal
- First; native
- Reconnoitering
- Making an exploratory examination to get information about a place
- Artifacts
- Any object made by human work, left behind by a civilizaton
- Discreet Surveillance
- Careful, unobserved watch kept over a person, especially one who is a suspect or prisoner
- Acute
- Sensitive
- Dissimulation
- The hiding of one's feelings or purposes
- Profound
- Seeing beyond what is obvious
- Sagacity
- High intelligence and sound judgement
- Crevice
- A narrow opening
- Suavity
- Graceful politeness
- Gesticulations
- Energetic hand or arm gestures
- Derision
- Contempt; ridicule