The Cask of Amontillado

To quit or leave

• absconded

• gait

• repose

to challenge or question someone

• precluded

• accosted

• rampant

a person with expert knowledge

• immolation

• absconded

• connoisseurship

cover (something) with a hard surface layer

• encrusted

• impunity

• repose

the way someone walks

• gait

• absconded

• impunity

free from punishment

• accosted

• encrusted

• impunity

prevent from happening

• precluded

• accosted

• connoisseurship

to be very still and quiet

• accosted

• rampant

• repose

flourishing or spreading unchecked

• immolation

• rampant

• affable

sacrifice

• immolation

• abrupt

• ardent