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from James Hurst's "The Scarlet Ibis"
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| careen (v) | "to rush carelessly; to move swiftly in an uncontrolled way; rush, bolt, dash" |
| doggedness (n) | "one who acts with stubborn determination; tenaciousness, persistence, perseverance" |
| exotic (adj) | "introduced from another country; very different or unusual; excitingly strange, foreign, nonnative" |
| heresy (n) | "an action or opinion contrary to what is generally thought of as right; a belief contrary to traditional religious teaching; dissent" |
| imminent (adj) | "about to occur; close at hand, near, fast approaching" |
| infallibility (n) | "the inability to be wrong or make errors; precision, perfection, flawlessness" |
| invalid (adj) | "too ill to live a normal life; sickly, infirm, frail" |
| iridescent (adj) | "shining with shifting rainbow colors; luminous colors that seem to change when viewed from different angles; shimmering, lustrous, scintillating" |
| precarious (adj) | "not securely held or in position; uncertain, unpredictable, risky, parlous, perilous" |
| reiterate (v) | "to repeat; to say something again typically for emphasis or clarity; restate, retell, recapitulate" |
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