Benchmark Unit 6 Week 1 Vocab

"Both Androclese and the lion were captured and sent to the city to be part of the public spectacle."

• a public show or display for people to watch

• a crazy event that usually happens at a birthday party

• a person reading a book quietly in the library

• a golf trophy

"Meanwhile, the poor lion had been kept without food for several days, so he was ravenous, and all thought he would devour Androcles in an instant."

• starving

• a type of bird

• a deep cave

• angry

"...and rushed bounding and roaring toward his victim."

• leaping or jumping

• sleeping or napping

• carrying luggage

• squinting to see something

"The lion fawned upon him, and licked his hands lovingly."

• show affection

• ignore

• make fun of

• a baby deer

"...the emperor pardoned and freed the brave man, and let the lion loose in his native forest."

• excuse from punishment

• shook hands as a greeting

• curtsied or bowed

• examined under a microscope