"The Cask of Amontillado" - Vocabulary

An attempt to achieve a goal is a(n)

• Preclude

• Obstinate

• Endeavor

• Retribution

punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act

• Preclude

• Retribution

• Immolation

• Obstinate

To prevent from happening

• Preclude

• Connoisseur

• Recoil

• Impose

Freedom from punishment is

• Impunity

• Impose

• Endeavor

• Immolation

An expert in the matter of taste

• Endeavor

• Connoisseur

• Succession

• Immolation

take advantage of someone by demanding their attention or commitment

• Impose

• Recoil

• Impunity

• Preclude

kill or offer as a sacrifice

• Recoil

• Impose

• Immolate

• Impunity

moving backwards in fear

• Obstinate

• Preclude

• Recoil

• Endeavor

stubborn

• Impose

• Obstinate

• Recoil

• Connoisseur

a number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other.

• Connoisseur

• Impose

• Endeavor

• Succession