Caul N a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth Careen V of a vehicle to lean sway or tip to one side while in motion The car ID: 759277
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“The Scarlet Ibis Vocabulary”
Slide2Caul (N)
a
part
of the
amnion
sometimes covering the head of a child
at
birth.
Slide3Careen (V)
(of a vehicle) to lean, sway, or tip to one side while in motion: The car careened around the corner.
Slide4Serene (Adj.)
calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled: a serene landscape; serene old age.
Slide5Infallibility (N/Adj)
the quality of being infallible, or of being absolutely trustworthy: He believed in the infallibility of his leadership.
Slide6Blighted (N)
the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues; a disease so characterized.
Slide7Evanesced (V)
To disappear gradually, fade away
Richard
Kenton
evanesced
into the interior so obviously that
Bittridge
couldnot
offer to come in.
Slide8Doggedness (Adj)
The quality of being persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious: a dogged worker.
Slide9Reiterate (V)
to
repeat
Slide10Precariously (Adv.)
exposed to or involving danger; dangerous; perilous; risky; unsure
Slide11Clove (V)
Verb form of cleaveto part or split, especially along a natural line of division.
Slide12Rank (Adj)
showing vigorous and profuse growth:
Slide13Vermilion (N)
a brilliant scarlet red.
Slide14Prim (adj)
formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
Slide15Iridescent (Adj)
displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.
Slide16Vortex (N)
a whirling mass of water, especially one in which a force of suction operates, as a whirlpool.
Slide17Solder (V)
to join closely and intimately: mend; repair
Slide18Naught (N)
nothing
Slide19Heresy (N)
opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.