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  Halloween
Word List
anguish
bat
black
bones
boo
broom
caldron
candy
cauldron
coffin
costume
creepy
crypt
dracula
fear
howl
orange
party
portions
spooky
trick
 
 


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      crypt 1. a burial chamber or underground vault, esp. one beneath a church; undercroft; catacomb
___________________________ 2. (used to express contempt or disapprobation or to startle or frighten); bird; hiss; raspberry
___________________________ 3. any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc; sweeten; sugarcoat
___________________________ 4. a group assembled for a particular purpose; ring
___________________________ 5. the darkest color, which absorbs but does not reflect light; pitchy; raven
___________________________ 6. the hard, calcified connective tissue that forms the skeleton of most vertebrates; dice; devil's-bones; ivory
___________________________ 7. to utter a loud, prolonged, mournful cry, as that of a dog or wolf; quest; bay
___________________________ 8. to inflict with distress, suffering, or pain; rue; heartache
___________________________ 9. an optical illusion; gambit; gimmick; shenanigan
___________________________ 10. a part of a whole; allowance; quota; allotment
___________________________ 11. variant of caldron.
___________________________ 12. a device for sweeping, consisting of a bundle of straw or bristles attached to a long handle.
___________________________ 13. a cauldron.
___________________________ 14. any white-flowered, evergreen citrus trees of the genus Citrus, bearing this fruit, as C. aurantium(bitter orange, Seville orange, or sour orange)and C. sinensis(sweet orange),cultivated in warm countries.
___________________________ 15. a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, esp. that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period; outfit; guise; getup
___________________________ 16. a rectangular box in which a dead person is buried or cremated.
___________________________ 17. eerie and mysterious; weirdly disturbing.
___________________________ 18. that creeps
___________________________ 19. (italics) a novel (1897) by Bram Stoker.
___________________________ 20. Sports. the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.a racket, esp. one used in badminton or table tennis.a whip used by a jockey.the act of using a club or racket in a game.the right or turn to use a club or racket.
___________________________ 21. a specific instance of or propensity for such a feeling; dismay; alarm; panic