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