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The Cask of Amontillado Vocab

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To leave quickly and secretly and hide, especially from the law

a)

Hearken

b)

Abscond

c)

Recoil

d)

Obstinate

2.

A chain attached to the ankles, used as a restraint

a)

Clamor

b)

Crypt

c)

Fetter

d)

Aperture

3.

An opening

a)

Aperture

b)

Crypt

c)

Impunity

d)

Fetter

4.

To listen closely

a)

Recoil

b)

Hearken

c)

Abscond

d)

Grotesque

5.

Stubbornly adhering to a course of action

a)

Aperture

b)

Impunity

c)

Grotesque

d)

Obstinate

6.

To spring or jerk back or

to shrink back in fear or repulsion

a)

Fetter

b)

Recoil

c)

Abscond

d)

Hearken

7.

An underground vault, especially one used for burying the dead

a)

Crypt

b)

Clamor

c)

Fetter

d)

Impunity

8.

A loud cry or noise; A demand or protest

a)

Crypt

b)

Impunity

c)

Clamor

d)

Fetter

9.

Distorted in a ridiculous fashion; bizarre

a)

Impunity

b)

Obstinate

c)

Aperture

d)

Grotesque

10.

Exemption from punishment

a)

Aperture

b)

Impunity

c)

Obstinate

d)

Recoil

11.

The suspect ______________ to a foreign country.

a)

recoiled

b)

hearkened

c)

absconded

12.

We entered the cave through a narrow ________________.

a)

aperture

b)

crypt

c)

impunity

d)

clamor

13.

Although the little boy knew he was wrong, he was too ___________ to apologize to his parents.

a)

crypt

b)

obstinate

c)

grotesque

d)

fetter

14.

In exchange for her testimony, the accomplice received _____________ from prosecution.

a)

clamor

b)

fetter

c)

aperture

d)

impunity