"The Scarlet Ibis" Vocab List 1

Front

Definition of a doodlebug?

Back

Larva of an insect that moves backward.

Front

Fill in the blank: “To discourage his coming with me, I’d run with him across the ends of the cotton rows and ________ him around the corners on two wheels.”

Back

careen

Front

Vocabulary word represented by the picture:

Back

marquisette

Front

Grindstone?

Back

Thick disk of stone or abrasive material for grinding, sharpening, or polishing metal.

Front

Definition of careen:

Back

Move swiftly and uncontrollably in a specified direction.

Front

He might lie on the rubber sheet in the front bedroom where the white _____________ curtains billowed in the afternoon breeze.

Back

marquisette

Front

Definition of piazza?

Back

Large covered porch.

Front

Vocabulary word represented by the picture?

Back

rank

Front

“He might, as long as he lived, lie on the rubber sheet in the center of the bed in the front bedroom where the white marquisette curtains billowed out in the afternoon sea breeze, rustling like __________”

Back

palmetto fronds

Front

What does "rank" mean in our story?

Back

Thick and wild; can also mean smelly.