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Despereaux Vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| litter | The offspring produced at one birth by a mammal. |
| speculation | Meditation on a subject. |
| scurrying | scampering |
| endangers | expose to harm |
| consorts | to keep company or associate |
| perfidy | treachery |
| egregious | conspicuously bad or offensive |
| dungeon | a dark, often underground prison cell |
| renounce | to reject; disown |
| repent | to feel regret for what one has done or failed to do |
| implications | involving; implying |
| beleaguered | harrassed |
| chiaroscuro | the technique of using light and shade in pictorial representation |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits |
| illumination | enlighten; clarify |
| confessor | one who discloses or admits |
| obsession | compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or unwanted emotion |
| solace | comfort in sorrow or distress |
| chandelier | a branched lighting fixture holding bulbs or candles |
| revelation | a dramatic disclosure |
| watercress | a plant growing in freshwaterponds and streams and having pungent edible leaves |
| dire | warning of disaster; urgent; desperate |
| consequences | something that follows from an action or condition |