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The Cask of Amontillado

The Cask of Amontillado. Vocabulary. Amontillado. a·mon·til·la·do noun a medium dry sherry. Connoisseurship. love of or taste for fine objects of art. Crypt. Noun an underground room or vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or burial place. Parti -Striped Dress.

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The Cask of Amontillado

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  1. The Cask of Amontillado Vocabulary

  2. Amontillado • a·mon·til·la·do • noun • a medium dry sherry.

  3. Connoisseurship • love of or taste for fine objects of art

  4. Crypt • Noun • an underground room or vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or burial place.

  5. Parti-Striped Dress • A costume for Carnival with stripes or different colors

  6. Catacombs • an underground cemetery consisting of a subterranean gallery with recesses for tombs, as constructed by the ancient Romans.

  7. Conical Cap • Of, relating to, or shaped like a cone

  8. Cask • A sturdy cylindrical container for storing liquids; a barrel. • 2. The quantity that such a container can hold.

  9. Nitre • A white, gray, or colorless mineral of potassium nitrate, KNO3, used in making gunpowder. 

  10. Motley • Having many colors; variegated; parti-colored

  11. Medoc • a winegrowing region in SW France.

  12. Palazzo • A large splendid residence or public building, such as a palace or museum

  13. Puncheons • . A short wooden upright used in structural framing. • 2. A piece of broad, heavy, roughly dressed timber with one face finished flat.

  14. Roquelaire • Knee-length cloak, often with bright-coloured lining and trimmed with fur.

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