Vocabulary List for “The Scarlet Ibis”
Please define the following words, including the part of speech, and write a meaningful
sentence for each which shows you understand the meaning of the word and know how to
use it correctly.
Ex.: imminent – likely to happen soon; hanging threateningly over one’s head, adv. The
clouds began to gather, the sky grew darker, and the players sought shelter, acknowledging
the imminent storm.
Doggedness
In fallibility
Reiterate
Precariously
Heresy
Iridescent
Careen
Iridescent
Invalid
Sullenly