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Cask of Amontillado
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Question | Answer |
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precluded | prevented |
retribution | payback |
accosted | greeted aggressively |
afflicted | suffering |
explicit | clearly stated |
recoiling | staggering back |
termination | end |
subsided | settled down |
Amontillado | dry sherry |
impunity | freedom from consequences |
immolation | destruction |
connoisseurship | expertise |
virtuoso | masterly skill |
motley | clown's costume |
pipe | large barrel |
roquelaure | knee-length cloak |
mood | experienced feeling |
description | picture words |
masons | bricklayers |
Freemasons | a secret society |
catacombs | underground passages |