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Vocabulary: Aesop's Fables

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

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

a)

fervently

b)

deprive

c)

resolve

2.

What is the definition of "fervently"?

a)

In a way that shows strong feeling or emotion.

b)

To make a firm decision or find a solution to.

c)

A stingy person; someone who hates to spend money.

3.

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.

a)

To die; to be destroyed

b)

In a way that shows strong feeling or emotion

c)

To make a firm decision or find a solution to.

4.

What word means:

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

a)

deprive

b)

perish

c)

miser

5.

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."

a)

To deny someone or something from having or suing something

b)

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

c)

In a way that shows strong feeling or emotion.

6.

What word means:

"To die; to be destroyed"

a)

perish

b)

miser

c)

resolve

7.

What does the word "derision" mean?

a)

in a way that shows strong feeling or emotion

b)

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

c)

to make a firm decision or find a solution to

8.

What word means:

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

a)

resolve

b)

perish

c)

miser

9.

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

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

a)

to make a firm decision or find a solution to

b)

to die; to be destroyed

c)

a stingy person; someone who hates to spend money

10.

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

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

a)

in a way that shows strong feeling or emotion

b)

to die; to be destroyed

c)

to deny someone or something from having or using something

11.

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

" The miser hid all her money and never spent it."

a)

a stingy person; someone who hates to spend money

b)

to make a firm decision or find a solution to

c)

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

12.

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

"The congregation prayed fervently for the safe return of the missionaries."

a)

to deny someone or something from having or using something

b)

in a way that shows strong feeling or emotion

c)

to make a firm decision or find a solution to