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Roman Vocabulary . Directions: Copy the definitions to your vocabulary matrix. Write a sentence that shows understanding . 1. Mural . Definition: a painting on a wall (either inside or outside). Now your write a sentence using the word mural. 2. mosaic.
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Roman Vocabulary Directions: Copy the definitions to your vocabulary matrix. Write a sentence that shows understanding.
1. Mural • Definition: a painting on a wall (either inside or outside)
2. mosaic • Definition: a picture made up of small pieces of tile, glass, or colored stone.
3. fresco • Definition: a picture painted on the moist plaster of a wall or ceiling.
4. arch • Definition: stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other rising in a curve.
5. vault • Definition: an arched structure used to hold up a ceiling or a roof.
6. Dome • Definition: a round roof shaped like a half-circle.
7. cathedral • Definition: a large church in the shape of a cross.
8. aqueduct • Definition: A pipe or channel built to carry water between distant places.
9. legacy • Definition: anything handed down from the past that is used in the present.
10. Instability • Definition: when something is not supported or stable. • Example sentence #1: Our new table fell over because of its instability. • Example sentence #2: The instability of the sick horse made the horse fall twice.