The Cask of Amontillado - Vocabulary (9/28/16)

Please define the words and include their part of speech and origin.
You must bring in your definitions on index cards on Wednesday, 10/5/16.

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etymology (noun): the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history. (Origin: late Middle English: from Old French ethimologie, via Latin from Greek etumologia, from etumologos ‘student of etymology,’ from etumon, neuter singular of etumos ‘true.’)

Precluded
Impunity
Retribution
Immolation
Connnoisseurship
Impose
Recoiling
Endeavored
Obstinate
Succession
Rampart
Puncheons
Sconces
Rheum
Motley