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