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Cask Vocab Chart
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abscond | Leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft. |
| Promiscuous | Not limited in a careful or proper way. |
| Recoil | To move backward, as in fear. |
| Repose | To lay at rest. |
| Immolate | To kill or destroy, especially by fire. |
| Impunity | Freedom from punishment or harm. |
| Retribution | Punishment |
| Accost | To approach and speak to someone in an angry, aggressive or unwanted way. |
| Clamor | Loud continuous noise. |
| Gesticulate | Use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words. |
| Insufferable | Very bad or unpleasant; not to be endured. |
| Preclude | Prevent from happening; to make impossible. |
| Aperture | A hole or small opening in something. |
| Circumscribe | Restrict within limits. OR, draw a figure around another, touching it at points but not cutting it |
| Motley | Made up of many different people or things; an incongruous mix. |