Answer: D) desecrator
Explanation:
The word desecrate is a verb that refers to the action of violating the sacredness of something. The form of the word that is misspelled is 'desecrator.' The correct spelling would be 'desecrater,' meaning a person who desecrates the sanctity of something. The other answer choices are correctly spelled: 'desecrates' is the 3rd person present form; 'Desecrated' can work as the past tense form or the past participle form; and 'Desecration' refers to the process of desecrating.
If the underlined word is only 'barking', then the correct answer is B) present participle, because those are used to form present progressive tense, as is the case here.
A) would be 'barked'.
C) would be 'bark/barks'.
D) would be 'barked', the same as A.