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The Scarlet Ibis

The Scarlet Ibis. By James Hurst . 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

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The Scarlet Ibis

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  1. The Scarlet Ibis By James Hurst

  2. 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

  3. Scarlet Ibis

  4. Caul • Noun • Membrane, layer of tissue on a baby’s head at birth. Thought to be good luck

  5. Caul Some babies are born with caul which is a membrane covering its head. It’s referred to as “born in the caul.”

  6. Careen • Verb • To move from side to side in an uncontrolled manner

  7. Careen The pig pong ball careens across the table.

  8. Serene • Adjective • Calm

  9. Serene

  10. Infallibility • Noun • Not capable of error

  11. Infallibility • His infallibility swimming the butterfly caused him to win gold.

  12. Blighted • Adjective • A plant disease

  13. Blighted

  14. Evanesced • Verb • Vanished

  15. Evanesced

  16. Doggedness • Noun • Stubborn persistence

  17. Doggedness

  18. Reiterate • Verb • To say over and over again

  19. Reiterate

  20. Precariously • Adverb • Insecurely; based on unproved statements or conclusions

  21. 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.

  22. Clove • Noun • Separation or split between two things

  23. Clove

  24. Rank • Adjective • Growing in vigorous, wild abundance

  25. Rank

  26. Vermilion • Noun/Adjective • Bright red

  27. Vermillion

  28. Prim • Adjective • Neat and trim

  29. Prim

  30. Iridescent • Adjective • Rainbow-like

  31. Iridescent

  32. Solder • Verb • to bond or repair

  33. Solder

  34. Vortex • Noun • Something that draws everything to its center like a whirlpool

  35. Vortex

  36. Naught • Noun • Nothing

  37. Naught

  38. Heresy • Noun • Controversial belief

  39. Heresy • Many consider Darwin’s theories heresy since it caused a huge divide between science and religion.

  40. Flashback • Noun • Literary device where an earlier episode or memory is inserted into the sequence of a storyline.

  41. Allusion • Noun • Literary reference in a work to another piece of literature, music, art, history, or Biblical incidence.

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