Vocabulary: Aesop's Fables

Which word means "To deny someone or something from having or using something"?

• fervently

• deprive

• resolve

What is the definition of "fervently"?

• In a way that shows strong feeling or emotion.

• To make a firm decision or find a solution to.

• A stingy person; someone who hates to spend money.

Using context clues what does the word "resolve" mean in this sentence:

Tess decided to listen carefully to both sides in order to resolve the dispute between her friends.

• To die; to be destroyed

• In a way that shows strong feeling or emotion

• To make a firm decision or find a solution to.

What word means:

"A stingy person; someone who hates to spend money."

• deprive

• perish

• miser

Using context clues, what is the meaning of the word "derision" in the following sentence:

"A hundred years ago, the idea that humans would one day travel into space was greeted with laughter and derision."

• To deny someone or something from having or suing something

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

• In a way that shows strong feeling or emotion.

What word means:

"To die; to be destroyed"

• perish

• miser

• resolve

What does the word "derision" mean?

• 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

• to make a firm decision or find a solution to

What word means:

"to make a firm decision or find a solution to"

• resolve

• perish

• miser

Using context clues, what does the word "perish" mean in the following sentence:

"After a hot summer without rain, the crops are perishing."

• to make a firm decision or find a solution to

• to die; to be destroyed

• a stingy person; someone who hates to spend money

Using context clues, what does the word "deprive" mean in this sentence:

"Most plants cannot live if they are deprived of sunlight and water."

• in a way that shows strong feeling or emotion

• to die; to be destroyed

• to deny someone or something from having or using something