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Amontillado Vocab
Poe Unit LA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| vintages | a place where high-quality wine is bottled and made |
| retibution | giving revenge on something done in the past |
| pipe | a tube of a liquid |
| niche | a cranny or crevice in a wall |
| medoc | a red wine from southern France |
| impunity | freedom from punishment |
| connoisseurship | a person who judges and critizises wine |
| trowel | a tool used to smooth a mould |
| rapier | a sword used mainly for thrusting |
| palazzo | a large palace in Italy |
| motley | an unusual peice of clothing, like a jester would wear, usually colorful |
| gait | the manner of walking |
| draught | the act of drinking |
| amontillado | a wine from Spain |
| flagon | a large bottle that holds wine |
| mould | a stencil for making an object so the objects made are exactly the same |
| mason | 1. a member of brotherly love, mutual assistance 2. a brick layer |
| immolation | to kill as a sacrifice, to destroy |
| fettered | bounded by chains |
| catacomb | an undergroud cemetery consisting of chambers instead of graves |
| abscond | to depart secretly |