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

A costume for Carnival with stripes or different colors

CATACOMBS

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

CONICAL CAP

Of, relating to, or shaped like a cone

CASK

A sturdy cylindrical container for storing liquids; a barrel.

2. The quantity that such a container can hold.

NITRE

A white, gray, or colorless mineral of potassium

nitrate, KNO3, used in making gunpowder. 

MOTLEY

Having many colors; variegated; parti-colored

MEDOC

a winegrowing region in SW France.

PALAZZO

A large splendid residence or public building, such as a palace or museum

PUNCHEONS

. A short wooden upright used in structural framing.

2. A piece of broad, heavy, roughly dressed timber with one face finished flat.

ROQUELAIRE

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