“Painters of the Caves” Story Vocabulary

sculpting 1. Carving or shaping 2. Removing another person’s hair 3. Cutting or breaking apart Rivers and rainwater are responsible for sculpting limestone into carved-out cliffs.

sculpting 1. Carving or shaping Shaping or giving form to Verb

honeycombed 1. Made into a type of food 2. Searched in nature 3. Full of holes or cavities The cliffs are honeycombed with many hollowed-out caves.

honeycombed 3. Full of holes or cavities like a honeycomb To make full of tunnels or cells like a bee’s honeycomb Verb

hibernate 1. To be full of energy 2. To be born 3. To spend the winter sleeping Bears hibernate in caves, sleeping through the winter.

hibernate 3. To spend the winter sleeping Verb

engrave 1. To act in a serious manner 2. To cut or carve into a surface 3. To remove or erase Ancient people used to carve into the surface of cave walls to engrave drawings.

engrave 2. To cut or carve into a surface To print from a plate that has been cut with letters, figures, or designs. Verb

scaffold 1. A temporary platform 2. A flock or herd of animals 3. A very tall person Even the ceilings were painted with help from a scaffold, or platform of wood.

scaffold 1. A temporary platform Noun

badge 1. A scar 2. Something worn to show a person belongs to a certain group 3. Something that cannot be removed Ancient artists made some ornaments that could have been worn as a badge of membership in certain groups.

badge 2. Something worn to show a person belongs to a certain group Noun