Vocabularies in The Cask of Amontillado

·          Special for you that really adore Edgar Allan Poe's literary work, this is one of most enchanted from his story, I believe when you are reading you will get dificulty in order to understand this story because Poe's using old and classical, and mix with Italian words also thats why I provide you the dificult vocabulary in this story

Impunity (n) : freedom from punishment or from the unpleasant result of something that has been done.

·         Immolation (n) : to kill yourself or someone else, or to destroy something, usually by burning, in a formal ceremony.

·         Connoisseurship (n) : a person who knows a lot about and enjoys one of the arts or food, drink, etc. and can judge quality and skill in that subject.

·         Imposture (n) :  the act of pretending to be someone else in order to deceive others.

·         Deed (n) : an intentional act, especially a very bad or very good one .

·         Accosted (v) : an intentional act, especially a very bad or very good one .

·         Motley (n) : consisting of many different types and therefore appearing strange or of low quality .

·         Surmount (v) : to deal successfully with a difficulty or problem to be on top of something tall .

·         Wringing (v) : to hold something tightly with both hands and twist it by turning your hands in opposite directions .

·         Vault (n) : a room under a church or a small building in a cemetery where dead bodies are buried .

·         Afflicted (v) : If a problem or illness afflicts a person or thing, they suffer from it .

·         Encrusted (v) : covered with something hard or decorative .

·         Imposed (v) : to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received.

·         Absconded (v) : to go away suddenly and secretly in order to escape from somewhere .

·         Archway (n) : an entrance or passage formed by an arch .

·         Catacombs (n) : a series of underground passages and rooms where bodies were buried in the past.

·         Gait (n) : a particular way of walking .

·         Filmy (adj) : very thin and often transparent .

·         Distilled (v) : to get or show only the most important part of something (literary).

·         Draught (n) : a current of unpleasantly cold air blowing through a room.

·         Mould (n) : soft green or grey growth which develops on old food or on objects that have been left for too long in warm wet air .

·         Repose (n) : to rest or lie .

·         Leer (v) : (especially of men) to look at someone in an unpleasant and sexually interested way a drunken leer.

·         Rampant (adj) : (of something bad) getting worse quickly and in an uncontrolled way.

·         Intermingling (v) : to become mixed together.

·         Azure (n) : the bright blue colour of the sky on a sunny day.

·         Fangs (n) : a long sharp tooth.

·         Piled (n) : to arrange objects into a pile.

·         Recesses (n) : a small area in a room which is formed by one part of a wall being set back further than other parts.

·         Casks (n)  : a strong, round, wooden container used for storing liquid.

·         Moisture (n) : a liquid such as water in the form of very small drops, either in the air, in a substance, or on a surface.

·         Trickle (v) : If  liquid trickles somewhere, it flows slowly and without force in a thin line.

·         Ere (prep) : before.

·         Flagon (n) :a large container for especially alcoholic drink, used in the past.

·         Fierce (adj) : physically violent and frightening.

·         Gesticulation (n) : a movement of the hands, arms or head, etc. to express an idea or feeling.

Meaning of sentences :

·         I must not only punish but punish with impunity. (1^st paragraph, line 4) means that Montresors will not only give a light punishment for Fortunato but he will give him more than what is said as punishment “makes him more suffer even find his death” without revealing by anyone someday.

·         I continued, as was my in to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my to smile now was at the thought of his immolation. (2^nd paragraph, line 2) means that Montresors’ smile is a tricky smile that will end to the suffering condition of Fortunato, besides his smile also means that Montresors did not consider Fortunato as his friend, but as the enemy that should be murdered. However, Fortunato never realized the tricky smile of Montresors above him.

·         Thus speaking, Fortunato possessed himself of my arms ; and putting on a mask of black silk and drawing a roquelaire closely about my person, I suffered him to hurry me to my palazzo. (page 2, 1^st paragraph, line 3) means that Fortunato relied on Montresors command and he was persuaded to have an appearance like Montresors by wearing a mask of black silk and roquelaire and was invited to Montresors’ palace where he could find Amontillado.

·         A huge human foot d’or, in a field azure ; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel. (page 3, 2^nd paragraph, line 1) means that Montresors are a great family who always get everything they want through logical and illogical way. If there is someone who tries to against or insult their effort of raising their hope, he/she will suffer along his/her life.