The Cask of Amontillado Vocabulary Part 1

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Impunity

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Free from punishment

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Leave hurriedly and secretly

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abscond

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Immolation

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to kill as a sacrificial victim

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Opening, hole, or gap

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Aperture

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Prevent occurrence; make impossible

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Preclude

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Network of caves/tunnels for burial and wine storage

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Catacombs

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Colorless to white mineral in caves

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Nitre

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Punishment for wrongdoing

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Retribution

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Quack

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Someone who pretends to have knowledge

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Definition: Character says one thing, means the opposite

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Verbal irony