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THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO Vocabulary. AMONTILLADO  a·mon·til·la·do  noun  a medium dry sherry.

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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, 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.


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