Pompeii...Buried Alive! ch. 3
- 1. PompeiiBuried Alive! Vocabulary Chapter 3
- 2. alive Having life; not dead
- 3. buried To be covered by something
- 4. carefully To do something with care
- 5. carved Words cut into a rock using a tool
- 6. cooled Something that is hot, then loses heat
- 7. digging Using a shovel to make a hole
- 8. excited Happy about something
- 9. famous Very popular and well known
- 10. found To uncover something by accident
- 11. giant Something very large
- 12. hard Solid or firm; not soft
- 13. holes An empty space in something
- 14. letters A written message addressed to a person
- 15. mosaics Pictures made of colored stones
- 16. museum Building where objects of art, science or history are kept and displayed
- 17. pictures A painting or drawing of a person, place or thing
- 18. plaster A white powder mixed with water to make a paste that becomes hard when dry
- 19. quiet Making no noise
- 20. read To look at written words and understand what they mean
- 21. scientists People who are experts in the sciences
- 22. skeletons Bones of the human body
- 23. slowly Not moving fast
- 24. stone A large rock
- 25. strange Something that seems different than normal
- 27. wall A solid structure that surrounds a city and protects it
- 28. water A liquid for drinking
- 29. world The Earth and everything in it
- 30. writer A person who writes
- 31. wrote Write words on paper with pen or pencil