LWW Vocab ch 15-17

Vile

evil and unpleasant

Fondled

gently touched

incantation

words that make a magic spell, chanting words to make a magic power

prodigious

enormous, remarkable or impressive

concealed

hidden from view, keep secret or hidden,

ransacking

to search for something quickly in a way that causes damage or disorder.

liberated

set free

rubble

broken bits and pieces of anything, from debris or something that was demolished or from litter

saccharine

sugar, a sweet tasting synthetic compound used in food and drink

cordial

courteous and gracious, friendly, warm, a stimulating medicine

remnants

the leftovers, the remains, the small surviving group of people

lurking

moving quietly and secretively

thicket

a dense group of bushes or trees

alighted

to exit and animal or car