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.