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Cask of Amontillado Vocab

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Exemption from punishment or loss

a)

venture

b)

preclude

c)

impunity

d)

retribution

2.

a cylindrical container that holds liquids

a)

cask

b)

crypt

c)

gait

d)

recoil

3.

Cause something unpleasant

a)

avenge

b)

impunity

c)

impose

d)

implore

4.

Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill

a)

abscond

b)

explicit

c)

Venture

d)

Virtuoso

5.

Run away

a)

abscond

b)

avenge

c)

hasten

d)

gait

6.

A person's way of walking

a)

hasten

b)

gait

c)

avenge

d)

preclude

7.

A cellar or vault or underground burial chamber

a)

cask

b)

crypt

c)

abscond

d)

accost

8.

The outermost or farthest region or point

a)

impunity

b)

explicit

c)

extremity

d)

implore

9.

Beg urgently

a)

venture

b)

implore

c)

imposture

d)

impunity

10.

Stubborn

a)

Insufferable

b)

Preclude

c)

Accost

d)

Obstinate

11.

Move fast

a)

virtuoso

b)

hasten

c)

venture

d)

abscond

12.

Go somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers

a)

obstinate

b)

hasten

c)

impose

d)

venture

13.

Rapid movement of the hands or body

a)

gesticulate

b)

abscond

c)

accost

d)

gait

14.

Spring away or jump back from something

a)

retribution

b)

recoil

c)

avenge

d)

extremity

15.

Extremely unpleasant or annoying

a)

impose

b)

insufferable

c)

imposture

d)

impunity

16.

pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness

a)

crypt

b)

avenge

c)

impunity

d)

feeble

17.

make impossible, especially ahead of time

a)

recoil

b)

abscond

c)

preclude

d)

obstinate

18.

approach and speak to someone aggressively

a)

accost

b)

abscond

c)

explicit

d)

avenge

19.

precisely and clearly expressed

a)

explicit

b)

virtuoso

c)

retribution

d)

cask

20.

Take action in return for being wronged

a)

abscond

b)

accost

c)

avenge

d)

retribution

21.

a justly deserved punishment

a)

impunity

b)

retribution

c)

impose

d)

feeble

22.

Pretending to be another person

a)

gesticulation

b)

gait

c)

impose

d)

imposture