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

• Definition: a picture made up of small pieces of tile, glass, or colored

stone.

• Now you write a sentence using mosaic.

3. fresco

• Definition: a picture painted on the moist plaster of a wall or ceiling.

• Now you write a sentence.

4. arch

• Definition: stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other rising in a curve.

• Sentence

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.