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The Cask of Amontillado Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To listen or pay attention to.

a)

harken

b)

accost

c)

redress

d)

abscond

2.

Immunity from punishment, penalty, or harm.

a)

catacombs

b)

impunity

c)

palazzo

d)

niche

3.

A cranny, hollow, or crevice, as in a rock.

a)

accost

b)

nitre

c)

niche

d)

gesticulation

4.

To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest.

a)

harken

b)

afflict

c)

abscond

d)

fettered

5.

To cause grievous physical or mental suffering.

a)

afflict

b)

abscond

c)

accost

d)

amontillado

6.

To remedy or set right.

a)

rheum

b)

amontillado

c)

redress

d)

niter

7.

A watery or thin mucous discharge from the eyes or nose (during a cold).

a)

niter

b)

rheum

c)

palazzo

d)

niche

8.

An underground cemetery consisting of chambers or tunnels for graves.

a)

palazzo

b)

grotesque

c)

catacombs

d)

harken

9.

A large, splendid residence or public building: palace.

a)

circumscribe

b)

amonitllado

c)

palazzo

d)

rheum

10.

Bizarre or repulsive, as of appearance or manner.

a)

grotesque

b)

fettered

c)

immolation

d)

impunity

11.

A lighted torch.

a)

circumscribe

b)

niche

c)

flambeaux

d)

amontillado

12.

A pale, dry, Spanish wine.

a)

amontillado

b)

impunity

c)

accost

d)

palazzo

13.

A person with expert knowledge or training: especially in fine arts.

a)

redress

b)

connoisseurship

c)

catacombs

d)

niter

14.

To restrain or enclose.

a)

circumscribe

b)

fettered

c)

accost

d)

afflict

15.

A mineral deposit, potassium nitrite, sometimes left of damp walls underground.

a)

niche

b)

niter

c)

flambeaux

d)

grotesque