caul
a membrane sometimes surrounding the head of a child at birth.
rank
thick and wild.
marquisette
thin, netlike fabric.
palmetto
fanlike leaves of a palm tree.
invalid
ill, disabled, weak, sickly.
doodlebug
larva of a type of insect.
piazza
large, covered porch.
imminent
about to happen.
brogans
heavy ankle-high shoes.
iridescent
colorful and rainbow-like.
vortex
something resembling a whirlpool.
doggedness
stubbornness.
infallibility
the state of being incapable of error.
blighted
suffering from conditions that prevent growth.
entrails
inner organs.
reiterated
repeated.
precariously
unsteadily or insecurely.
armada
a group, generally a group or fleet of warships.
solder
patch or repair.
evanesced
faded away or disappeared.
vermillion
bright red.
heresy
opinion profoundly at odds with what is generally accepted.
