Vocabulary -”The Cask of Amontillado” Name ____________________

PD. _____ Date ___________

Define each word in the appropriate context. Supply the missing sentences as needed.

Word Definition Sentence from story

1. Precluded (v) Prevented; made impossible in “At length I would be avenged; this was a
advance point definitely settled - but the very
definiteness with which it was resolved
precluded the idea of risk.”

2. Impunity (n) “I must not only punish but punish with

impunity.”

3.retribution (n) A wrong is unredressed (not corrected) when

retribution overtakes its redresser.

4. Immolation (n) “...he did not perceive that my smile now was
at the thought of his immolation.”

5. Connoisseurship
(n)

6. Accosted (v) “He accosted me with excessive warmth.”

7. Afflicted (v)

8. Absconded (v) “There were no attendants at home; they had

absconded to make merry in honor of time.”

9. Repose (v)

10.gesticulation (n)

11. Recoiling (v)

12. Endeavored (v) “It was in vain that Fortunato, uplifting his dull
torch, endeavored to pry into the depth of the
recess.”

13. Subsided (v)

14. Succession (n)