The Cask Of Amontillado Flashcards

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Impunity

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N expemption from punishment

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Definitively

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Adv most reliably or completely

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Retribution

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N requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil, deserved punishments

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Redresser

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N one who sets right or makes amends

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Immolation

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N a sacrifice

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Connoisseurship

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A person with expert knowledge or training especially in the fine arts

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Virtuoso

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N a person who has skilled in a field

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Gemmary

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N pertaining to gems

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Accosted

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V approached and spoke to boldly or aggressively as with a demand or request

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Pipe

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N a large cask about 126 gallons

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Insufferably

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Adj i tolerably; unbearably

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Palazzo

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N an impressive public building or private residence; palace

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Absconded

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V to depart in a sudden & secret manner especially to advoid capture and legal prosecution; runaway

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Rheum

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Eye mucus; tears

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Draught

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Single act of drinking

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Azure

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Adj having a light purplish shade of a blue

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Puncheons

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N a large cask of varying capacity but usually 80 gallons

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Catacombs

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N an underground cemetery

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Flagon

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N a large bottle for wine , liquors , etc

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Gesticulation

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N an animated or excited gesture

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Promiscuously

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Adv indiscrimstely mingling, haphazardly, irregularly

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Ejaculated

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V to utter suddenly & briefly; exclaimed

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Rapier

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N a long two edged sword of 18th century