Scarlet Ibis Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word "rank" mean?

• Thin and wild

• Thick and wild

• Thin and calm

• Thick and calm

What is a "caul"?

• A thin, netlike fabric

• A membrane sometimes surrounding the head of a child at birth

• Fanlike leaves of a palm tree

• A large covered porch

What does "marquisette" refer to?

• Thick and wild

• A membrane sometimes surrounding the head of a child at birth

• Thin, netlike fabric

• Fanlike leaves of a palm tree

What are "paalmetto" fronds?

• Thin, netlike fabric

• Fanlike leaves of a palm tree

• A large covered porch

• Something resembling a whirlpool

What is a "piazza"?

• A large covered porch; an open square or public place in a city or town

• A thin, netlike fabric

• A membrane sometimes surrounding the head of a child at birth

• Fanlike leaves of a palm tree

What does "imminent" mean?

• About to take place

• Displaying a shifting range of colors

• Something resembling a whirlpool

• The state or condition of being incapable of error

What does "iridescent" mean?

• About to take place

• Displaying a shifting range of colors

• Something resembling a whirlpool

• The state or condition of being incapable of error

What does "vortex" refer to?

• A large covered porch

• Thin, netlike fabric

• Something resembling a whirlpool

• Fanlike leaves of a palm tree

What is "infallibility"?

• The state or condition of being incapable of error

• Suffering from conditions that destroy or prevent growth

• Organs; guts

• Stubbornness; persistence

What does "blighted" mean?

• The state or condition of being incapable of error

• Suffering from conditions that destroy or prevent growth

• Organs; guts

• Stubbornness; persistence