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WorksheetsAesop's Fables Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 30mins
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
(a)
Someone who really enjoys food
avarice
charlatan
bon vivant
communist
to tackle without restraint
chary
bald-headed
compact
alliance
memento mori
a legacy
a huckster
remember you must die
limed sticks
Who was the greatest Greek philosopher?
Socrates
Plutus
sophistry
Prometheus
Which vocab word relates to a ten commandment?
toilet
unfilial
wily
Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes
Vainglorious means
cunning
washing
A god
vain
Rake means
lazy
a yard tool
a stone tomb
fashionable greedy man
Joining together to work is
alliance
Apollo
arraign
asylum
A part of Ancient Greece; country area around Athens
Apollo
Attica
Aphrodite
Athena
What is the scented resin of trees used as incense?
cudgel
heresy
frankincense
embezzler
Metamorphosis means
caterpillar turning into a butterfly
god of sleep
a change of form or character
wickedness
to be calm or unexcitable
phlegmatic
offal
petard
obeisance
