All terms in this list:

CORRIDOR: A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it.

SPLENDID: VERY IMPRESSIVE AND BEAUTIFUL

CONCOCTING: TO MAKE A FOOD OR DRINK BY MIXING DIFFERENT THINGS TOGETHER

CURRANT: A SMALL SEEDLESS RAISIN THAT IS USED IN BAKING AND COOKING, USUALLY JAMS AND JELLIES

MESMERIZED: SPELLBOUND OR ENTHRALLED; SO AMAZED THAT NOTHING ELSE IS NOTICED

SKEWER: A LONG PIN, NORMALLY OF METAL OR WOOD, USED TO SECURE FOOD DURING COOKING.

PLATFORM: A RAISED STAGE FROM WHICH SPEECHES ARE MADE AND ON WHICH MUSICAL AND OTHER PERFORMANCES ARE MADE.

CULPRIT: A PERSON WHO HAD COMMITTED A CRIME OR DONE SOMETHING WRONG

DREADFUL: VERY BAD OR UNPLEASANT

SNOUT: THE LONG NOSE OF SOME ANIMALS, SUCH AS PIGS

SETTING: THE TIME AND PLACE THE STORY IS SET

CHARACTERS: THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE STORY

RESOLUTION: THE SOLUTION TO THE CONFLICT

CONFLICT: THE PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED

PLOT: THE ACTUAL STORY AROUND WHICH THE ENTIRE BOOK IS BASED; THE COURSE OF EVENTS.