Fairy Tale Vocabulary 21-27

Wrath

• torment or tease someone with the knowing that is is unattainable

•  extreme anger

•  attempt to explain or justify one’s own behavior or attitude with logical reasons, even if they are not true or appropriate

• no giving up despite difficulty or delay in achieving success

Colossal

•  torment or tease someone with the knowing that is is unattainable

•  disturbance or uproar

• an inflated sense of self-importance

• extraordinarily great in size; huge

Narcissism

• extreme anger

• an idea or story that is believed by many people but is not true; a story that was told in an ancient culture to explain a practice, belief or natural occurrence

• an inflated sense of self-importance

• a royal domain or kingdom

Stoic

•  a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining

•  no giving up despite difficulty or delay in achieving success

•  to make someone legally or morally bound to an action or course of action

• disturbance or uproar

Tantalize

• disturbance or uproar

• torment or tease someone with the knowing that is is unattainable

•  a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining

• a statement or promise that is made

Perseverance

• an inflated sense of self-importance

• torment or tease someone with the knowing that is is unattainable

• supreme ruler or someone possessing ultimate power

• no giving up despite difficulty or delay in achieving success

Myth

• disturbance or uproar

• torment or tease someone with the knowing that is is unattainable

• an idea or story that is believed by many people but is not true; a story that was told in an ancient culture to explain a practice, belief or natural occurrence

•  no giving up despite difficulty or delay in achieving success