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Expanding Your Vocabulary

Read the fable below by Aesop. Replace the underlined words with more precise words. Choose from the words below to replace the underlined words with more colorful, precise language.

Two neighbors came before Jupiter and (1) asked him to (2) give their hearts' desire. Now the one was full of (3) greed, and the other eaten up with (4) jealousy. So to punish them both, Jupiter agreed that each might have whatever he wished for himself, but only on (5) condition that his neighbor had twice as much. The (6) greedy man prayed to have a room full of gold. No sooner said than done; but he became (7) upset when he found that his neighbor had two rooms full of the precious metal. Then came the turn of the (8) jealous man, who could not (9) stand to see his neighbor so (10) happy. So he asked that he might have one of his own eyes put out, by which means his companion would become totally blind.

avarice

1.

avaricious

2.

stipulation

3.

beseeched

4.

grant

5.

envy

6.

envious

7.

distraught

8.

bear

9.

exuberant

10.

BONUS: What is the moral of the story?

CCSS.L.7.6 |?

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