Scarlet Ibis Vocabulary

a membrane that encloses a baby at birth.

• willow

• frond

• caul

• cell

move swiftly and in an uncontrolled

way usually around a corner.

• careen

• imminent

• vortex

• precarious

dangerously likely to fall or collapse.

• careen

• imminent

• vortex

• precarious

about to happen very soon

• entrails

• imminent

• vortex

• precarious

a mass of whirling fluid or air, especially a whirlpool or whirlwind.

• entrails

• imminent

• vortex

• precarious

not able to fail; perfect

• crucial

• iridescent

• infallibility

• heresy

showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles

• crucial

• iridescent

• infallibility

• heresy

ideas opposed to the beliefs of religion for

philosophy

• crucial

• iridescent

• infallibility

• heresy

internal organs of animals

• entrails

• iridescent

• infallibility

• evanesce

pass out of sight, memory, or existence

• entrails

• consciously

• infallibility

• evanesce