"The Cask of Amontillado" Vocab

Impunity is defined as

• freedom from punishment or harm
• punishment for evil done

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Retribution is defined as: 

• punishment for evil done
• freedom from punishment or harm

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Connoisseur is defined as: 

• a clown's mis-colored costume
• one who has expert knowledge

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Motley is defined as: 

• a clown's multi-colored costume; having diversity or variance
• to overcome or be at the top of

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Surmounted is defined as: 

• an underground cemetery
• to overcome or be at the top of 

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Catacombs is defined as: 

• a sly look showing malice 
• an underground cemetery 

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Leer is defined as: 

• a sly look showing malice
• a container made and shaped like a barrel

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Cask is defined as: 

• a sly look showing malice 
• a container made and shaped like a barrel 

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4B

Masons is defined as: 

• a container made and shaped like a barrel 
• the freemasons; a craftsman who lays bricks or stones 

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

Amontillado is defined as: 

• a sly look showing malice 
• a pale, dry Spanish sherry 

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RL.8.4