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Cask of Amontillado
Cask
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| precluded | prevented |
| retribution | payback |
| accosted | greeted aggressively |
| afflicted | suffering |
| explicit | clearly stated |
| recoiling | staggering back |
| termination | end |
| subsided | settled down |
| Amontillado | dry sherry |
| impunity | freedom from consequences |
| immolation | destruction |
| connoisseurship | expertise |
| virtuoso | masterly skill |
| motley | clown's costume |
| pipe | large barrel |
| roquelaure | knee-length cloak |
| mood | experienced feeling |
| description | picture words |
| masons | bricklayers |
| Freemasons | a secret society |
| catacombs | underground passages |