Aesop's Fables Vocabulary

What is the bird that Ancient Greeks believed nested on the sea in the winter too keep it calm?

• drachma

• halcyon

• eunuch

• cudgel

Which type of writing features plants, animals, forces of nature, and/or inanimate objects as characters to teach a lesson?

• Tale

• legend

• myth

• fable

Choose the best definition of the adverb fervently as it is used in the following sentence. The Fox replied, "Indeed, I should have thanked you fervently if your deeds had been as good as your words, and if your hands had not been traitors to your speech."

• to deny someone or something from having or using something

• in a way that shows strong feeling or emotion

• to die; to be destroyed

• stingy person; someone who hates to spend money

• the state of being ridiculed or mocked; the use of ridicule or mockery to show contempt

If someone is braggadocio, they are being:

• Untruthful

• safe

• shy

• boastful

Choose the best definition of the verb deprive as it is used in the following sentence. The foolish pair, thus hoping to become rich all at once, deprived themselves of the gain of which they were assured day by day.

• to deny someone or something from having or using something

• to make a firm decision or find a solution to

• to die; to be destroyed

• in a way that shows strong feeling or emotion

• the state of being ridiculed or mocked; the use of ridicule or mockery to show contempt

Choose the best definition of the verb perish as it is used in the following sentence. A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food.

• to deny someone or something from having or using something

• to make a firm decision or find a solution to

• to die; to be destroyed

• stingy person; someone who hates to spend money

• the state of being ridiculed or mocked; the use of ridicule or mockery to show contempt

Choose the best definition of the verb resolve as it is used in the following sentence. Once upon a time, a Wolf resolved to disguise his appearance in order to secure food more easily.

• to deny someone or something from having or using something

• to make a firm decision or find a solution to

• to die; to be destroyed

• stingy person; someone who hates to spend money

• the state of being ridiculed or mocked; the use of ridicule or mockery to show contempt

Was the Ancient Greek hero who was amazingly strong

Someone who really enjoys food

• avarice

• charlatan

• bon vivant

• communist

to tackle without restraint

• chary

• bald-headed

• compact

• alliance