The Cask of Amontillado Vocabulary

Impose

• To force something
• To take something away
• To admire something

Catacomb

• An archive of materials
• A play area
• An underground cemetary

Recoil

• Spring back in fear
• Spring forward in excitement
• To Elevate

Retribution

• Activity
• Insomnia
• Punishment

Grotesque

• Distorted
• Aligned
• Irrational

Termination

• Beginning
• Middle
• End

Afflicted

• Sickened with
• Available to
• Adhere to

Precluded

• Allow to happen
• Prevent from happening
• Adhere to the laws

Aperture

• An opening
• Closed off
• Transparent

Impunity

• Exempt from punishment
• Punishable
• Irritable