The Cask of Amontillado & The Lottery
  Vocabulary List

1. precluded - to stop from advancing or occurring

2. retribution - retaliation; the act of inflicting or the intent to inflict injury in return for injury

3. insufferable - unbearable; incapable of being endured

4. rampant - widespread; growing or increasing at an immoderate rate

5. impunity - exemption from punishment or harm; the state of being freed from a charge

6. immolation - offer in sacrifice

7. sconces - wall fixtures for candles or electric lights; contains the brain, sense organs, and mouth

8. promiscuously - not restricted to one sexual partner; consisting of diverse things or members

9. absconded - run away and hide especially from something that limits one's freedom

10. unredressed - not set right; not repaid for wrong-doing, something suffered or lost

11. gemmary – the study of precious gemstones

12. gait - rate of movement, performance, or occurrence; manner of walking or running

13. rheum - watery discharge from the mucous membranes especially of the eyes or the nose

14. redress – to put or to set right; repaid for wrong-doing

15. boisterous -

16. defiantly -

17. disengaged -

18. interminably -

19. jovial -

20. lapsed -

21. paraphernalia -

22. perfunctory -

23. preceded -

24. profusely -

25. petulantly -