The Cask of Amontillado Vocabulary

To listen or pay attention to.

• harken

• accost

• redress

• abscond

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Immunity from punishment, penalty, or harm.

• catacombs

• impunity

• palazzo

• niche

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A cranny, hollow, or crevice, as in a rock.

• accost

• nitre

• niche

• gesticulation

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest.

• harken

• afflict

• abscond

• fettered

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

To cause grievous physical or mental suffering.

• afflict

• abscond

• accost

• amontillado

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

To remedy or set right.

• rheum

• amontillado

• redress

• niter

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

A watery or thin mucous discharge from the eyes or nose (during a cold).

• niter

• rheum

• palazzo

• niche

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An underground cemetery consisting of chambers or tunnels for graves.

• palazzo

• grotesque

• catacombs

• harken

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

A large, splendid residence or public building: palace.

• circumscribe

• amonitllado

• palazzo

• rheum

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Bizarre or repulsive, as of appearance or manner.

• grotesque

• fettered

• immolation

• impunity

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4