The Cask of Amontillado Vocab

To leave quickly and secretly and hide, especially from the law

• Hearken

• Abscond

• Recoil

• Obstinate

A chain attached to the ankles, used as a restraint

• Clamor

• Crypt

• Fetter

• Aperture

An opening

• Aperture

• Crypt

• Impunity

• Fetter

To listen closely

• Recoil

• Hearken

• Abscond

• Grotesque

Stubbornly adhering to a course of action

• Aperture

• Impunity

• Grotesque

• Obstinate

To spring or jerk back or

to shrink back in fear or repulsion

• Fetter

• Recoil

• Abscond

• Hearken

An underground vault, especially one used for burying the dead

• Crypt

• Clamor

• Fetter

• Impunity

A loud cry or noise; A demand or protest

• Crypt

• Impunity

• Clamor

• Fetter

Distorted in a ridiculous fashion; bizarre

• Impunity

• Obstinate

• Aperture

• Grotesque

Exemption from punishment

• Aperture

• Impunity

• Obstinate

• Recoil