Vocab: The Cask of Amontillado

Question 1

Impunity

Answer 1

Exemption from punishment

Question 2

Retribution

Answer 2

Punishment inflicted on someone as revenge for a wrong or criminal act

Question 3

Precluded

Answer 3

Prevent from happening; make impossible

Question 4

Wont

Answer 4

• One’s customary behavior in a particular situation

- In the habit of doing something

Question 5

Immolation

Answer 5

A sacrafice

Question 6

Connoisseur

Answer 6

An expert judge in matters of taste

Question 7

Imposture

Answer 7

An instance of pretending to be someone else in order to deceive others

Question 8

Gemmary

Answer 8

The study of gems

Question 9

Vintages

Answer 9

The year or place in which wine, especially wine of high quality, was produced

Question 10

Motley

Answer 10

The particolored costume of a jester

Question 11

Fettered

Answer 11

Restrain with chains or manacles, typically around the ankles

Question 12

Amontillado

Answer 12

A medium dry sherry

Wine

Question 13

Nitre

Answer 13

Another term for potassium nitrate.

Question 14

Roquelaire

Answer 14

A cloke. Cape

Question 15

Palazzo

Answer 15

A palatial (Palace) building, especially in Italy

Question 16

Absconded

Answer 16

Leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection

Question 17

Sconces

Answer 17

A candle holder, or a holder of another light source

Or a flaming torch or candle secured in a holder that is attached to a wall

Question 18

Flambeau

Answer 18

A flaming torch, especially one made of several thick wicks dipped in wax.
Or a large candlestick with several branches

Question 19

Catacombs

Answer 19

An underground cemetery consisting of a subterranean gallery

Question 20

Rheum

Answer 20

A cold

Question 21

Draught

Answer 21

To draw or pull something

Question 22

Arms

Answer 22

An emblem; insignia

Question 23

Niche

Answer 23

A shallow recess, especially one in a wall to display a statue or other ornament.

Question 24

Flagon

Answer 24

A large container in which drink is served

Question 25

Recess

Answer 25

A hollow space inside something.

Question 26

Mason

Answer 26

To build from or strengthen with stone.

Question 27

Crypt

Answer 27

An underground room or vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or burial place