The Scarlet Ibis
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The Scarlet Ibis
By James Hurst
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Scarlet Ibis (Seaworld.org)• An exotic red bird• Solid scarlet except for black wing tips; bill is
long, thin and curved downward; neck is long and slender; legs are also long and thin with partially webbed feet; juveniles are dull, grayish brown
• Habitat: Tropical regions and rainforests• Range: Central America and Northern South
America from Venezuela to Brazil• Diet: fruit, seeds, insects, fish, meat
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Scarlet Ibis
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Caul•Noun•Membrane, layer of tissue
on a baby’s head at birth. Thought to be good luck
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Caul
Some babies are born with caul which is a membrane covering its head. It’s referred to as “born in the caul.”
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Careen• Verb• To move from side to side in an
uncontrolled manner
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Careen
The pig pong ball careens across the table.
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Serene•Adjective•Calm
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Serene
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Infallibility•Noun •Not capable of error
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Infallibility• His infallibility swimming the
butterfly caused him to win gold.
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Blighted•Adjective•A plant disease
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Blighted
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Evanesced•Verb•Vanished
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Evanesced
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Doggedness•Noun• Stubborn persistence
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Doggedness
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Reiterate•Verb• To say over and over again
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Reiterate
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Precariously•Adverb• Insecurely; based on
unproved statements or conclusions
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Precariously• The girl sitting at my lunch
table precariously announced it was going to snow this afternoon; we walked outside after school, and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky.
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Clove•Noun• Separation or split
between two things
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Clove
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Rank•Adjective•Growing in vigorous, wild
abundance
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Rank
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Vermilion•Noun/Adjective•Bright red
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Vermillion
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Prim•Adjective•Neat and trim
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Prim
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Iridescent•Adjective•Rainbow-like
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Iridescent
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Solder•Verb• to bond or repair
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Solder
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Vortex•Noun• Something that draws
everything to its center like a whirlpool
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Vortex
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Naught•Noun•Nothing
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Naught
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Heresy•Noun•Controversial belief
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Heresy •Many consider Darwin’s
theories heresy since it caused a huge divide between science and religion.
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Flashback• Noun• Literary device where an
earlier episode or memory is inserted into the sequence of a storyline.
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Allusion• Noun• Literary reference in a work to
another piece of literature, music, art, history, or Biblical incidence.