WorksheetsThe Cask of Amontillado Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
To listen or pay attention to.
harken
accost
redress
abscond
Immunity from punishment, penalty, or harm.
catacombs
impunity
palazzo
niche
A cranny, hollow, or crevice, as in a rock.
accost
nitre
niche
gesticulation
To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest.
harken
afflict
abscond
fettered
To cause grievous physical or mental suffering.
afflict
abscond
accost
amontillado
To remedy or set right.
rheum
amontillado
redress
niter
A watery or thin mucous discharge from the eyes or nose (during a cold).
niter
rheum
palazzo
niche
An underground cemetery consisting of chambers or tunnels for graves.
palazzo
grotesque
catacombs
harken
A large, splendid residence or public building: palace.
circumscribe
amonitllado
palazzo
rheum
Bizarre or repulsive, as of appearance or manner.
grotesque
fettered
immolation
impunity
A lighted torch.
circumscribe
niche
flambeaux
amontillado
A pale, dry, Spanish wine.
amontillado
impunity
accost
palazzo
A person with expert knowledge or training: especially in fine arts.
redress
connoisseurship
catacombs
niter
To restrain or enclose.
circumscribe
fettered
accost
afflict
A mineral deposit, potassium nitrite, sometimes left of damp walls underground.
niche
niter
flambeaux
grotesque
