Vocabulary in the Cask of
Amontillado
Impunity
• Originates from the word punish
• Means Freedom from punishment
• Montresor desires to punish with impunity
Definitively
• Comes from root word definite
• Here –ly ending makes the word change from an
adjective to an adverb
• Here means conclusive; precise; authoritative or
accurate
Repose
• Noun meaning Sleep; calm; peacefulness; to
lie prone
• Here Montresor is referring to the the
corpses that fill the walls of the wine cave
Obstinate
• Adjective meaning stubborn; defying control
or treatment
• Fortunato’s unwillingness to abandon his
quest to taste the Amontillado
Rampant
• Adjective meaning uncontrolled, without
restraint
• This refers to the Montresor crest in which
a snake roams free and untethered
Niche
• Noun meaning a recess or cove; a special
area
• Montresor refers to the cellar he approaches
with Fortunato
Remote
• Adjective meaning distant; secluded
• Montresor refers to the barren location and
how distant it is from everything else
Precluded
• Verb meaning to be made impossible in
advance
• Montresor believes that it is impossible for
for him to be risking anything by killing
Fortunato
Gait
• Verb meaning the way one walks
• Montresor refers to the drunk way that
Fortunato walks
Colossal
• Adjective meaning amazingly large
• Here Montresor is referring to the large
supports inside of the catacombs
Retribution
An abstract noun meaning
punishment for offenses.
In this case, Montresor does not
want any retribution for his vengeful
act.
Unredressed
•Unredressed-- When the steps
taken to amend a wrong doing are
undone. Montresor does not want
his vengeance to be unredressed
Redresser
•The one who remedies a
wrongdoing
•Montresor fancies himself as a
redresser
Contextual Sentences
• Write a sentence using each one of these
vocabulary words. You may change the
form of the word to plural or past tense,
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