Read this sentence from “the cask of amontillado” by edgar allan poe: i reapproached the wall; i replied to the yells of him who clamoured. what does the word clamoured likely mean in the sentence? questioned complained climbed shouted

In this sentence from "The Cask of Amontillado", by Edgar Allan Poe, the word clamoured most likely means shouted. In this short story, the narrator, Montresor is finishing the wall that traps the entrance to the crypt where he has chained Fortunato. He says that "there was a succession of loud and shrill screams from the throat of the chained form", he replies to the shouting and it grows still.