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, KNO 3, 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.